Role of Military in Post War Reconstruction in Sri Lanka

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ABSTRACT

The civil war in Sri Lanka lasted officially from 1983 to 2009. The Government of Sri Lanka dominated by the majority Sinhalese Buddhist and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which is a separatist organization fighting for the establishment of Tamil Eelam, an independent state in the east and the north, which is mostly populated by Tamils ??religious Hindu (18% of the population). The Sri Lankan Civil War lasted 26 years and was primarily an inter-ethnic conflict between the Tamils and the Sinhalese. Throughout the history, this is not a new or novel approach as the British armed forces had developed this technique way back in the 1950's and even the US army had applied this technique in the Vietnam war. After the war, the conditions are usually very bad in Sri Lanka, there has been a lot of damage to the property in the country, and this requires enormous reconstruction efforts.

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Table of contents

ABSTRACTII

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTIII

DECLARATIONIV

CHAPTER 1: MAJOR RESEARCH QUESTION1

1.1 Background of the study1

1.2 Major research questions2

CHAPTER 2: IMPORTANCE OF THE RESEARCH QUESTION4

CHAPTER 3: PROBLEMS OF SRI LANKAN PEOPLE6

CHAPTER 4: LITERATURE REVIEW7

2.1 The Civil War in Sri Lanka7

2.2 The History of Civil war in Sri Lanka8

2.2.1 before independence8

2.2.2 The Tamils ??of Indian origin8

2.3 The impact of civil war on Sri Lanka9

2.3.1 Impact on people of Sri Lanka9

2.3.2 Impact on the Infrastructure of Sri Lanka10

2.4 Military and civil war reconstruction11

2.4.1 Co-operation with the local people12

2.4.2. Decision making with the local population13

2.4.3 Infrastructure development14

2.4.4 Reconstruction efforts and pacification15

2.4.5 Developing infrastructure capacity16

CHAPTER 5: METHODS AND SOURCES18

3.1 Research design18

3.1.1 Case study method of research19

3.2 Keywords20

3.3 Justification of secondary research method20

CHAPTER 6: OVERVIEW OF THE THESIS22

BIBLIOGRAPHY23

CHAPTER 1: MAJOR RESEARCH QUESTION

1.1 Background of the study

The civil war in Sri Lanka lasted officially from 1983 to 2009. The Government of Sri Lanka dominated by the majority Sinhalese Buddhist and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which is a separatist organization fighting for the establishment of Tamil Eelam, an independent state in the east and the north, which is mostly populated by Tamils ??religious Hindu (18% of the population). This conflict has caused over 70,000 deaths since 1972 according to figures from 1 March 2008. The Tigers struggled to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the north and east of the island. The United States and the European Union considers a terrorist group.

Sri Lankan Government carried out many reconstruction projects with the help of INGOs and other civilian organizations during last three decades without the support of ...