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Tamil Tigers explores the birth and death of one of the most ruthless armed groups of recent times. When the Tamil Tigers were finally defeated by the authoritarian populist Government of Sri Lanka on a sliver of beach in 2009, it brought to an end a bloody civil war of more than three decades. The nationalist sectarianism of the Tamil Tigers led to their defeat, and the manner of their defeat - where thousands were slaughtered in pursuit of military victory - continues to complicate efforts to achieve a long-term peace fair to all. In this highly original book - part of Zed's acclaimed Rebels series - Manikkalingam (who was directly involved in the peace negotiations) uses the case of the Tamil Tigers to explore the challenges of making peace less fragile in the midst of intense fighting, and the issues involved in political negotiations with extreme groups. By examining crucial broader themes including conflict mediation, counter-terrorism, suicide killing, humanitarian intervention, nationalism and democracy, Manikkalingam shows what a diplomatic ending to the fighting might have looked like in Sri Lanka.

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Ram Manikkalingam is the founder of the Dialogue Advisory Group, Amsterdam and a visiting professor at the University of Amsterdam. Until recently, he advised the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva. He was Senior Advisor on the Peace Process to the previous President of Sri Lanka. He has served as an Advisor with Ambassador rank at the Sri Lanka Mission to the United Nations in New York. Prior to this he was an Advisor on International Security to the Rockefeller Foundation. He has a doctorate in political philosophy and a bachelors degree in Physics, both from MIT.

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