The Break-up of Sri Lanka: The Sinhalese-Tamil Conflict

A. Jeyaratnam Wilson · C. Hurst & Co. (London), 1988

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Wilson — son-in-law of S.J.V. Chelvanayagam and a political scientist with unique insider access — provides detailed narrative coverage of the 1981 DDC elections and the Jaffna riots, including the library burning. His account connects the arson to the UNP's electoral strategy of intimidation in the north, and documents the presence of cabinet ministers in Jaffna during the violence. A key secondary source for the political-motivation narrative.

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