Sri Lanka's Continual Civil War

to religion” (Pape pg. 9). The Tamil Tigers committed 76 of the 315 suicide attacks. The author

This work is focused on providing an analysis of Southern and Northern perspectives from a justifying point of view, in order to form an outline of the opposing sides' motives. Both parties were strongly driven by nationalism and had very different views and values, which they were compelled to protect throughout escalating disquiet and imminent violence.

How did the tensions of the 1860’s show the human side of the Civil War? The people in the 1860’s were going through hard times because of the Civil War. It affected people of all different genders, ages, races, and religions. It was especially hard for three groups of people: women, children, and African Americans. In battle or not,many of these people suffered greatly.

Upwards of seventy thousand Tamil civilians were killed and hundreds of thousands were displaced (United Nations, 2000). Worldwide it is known as the May massacre and black July. The systematic killings of the Tamils were considered genocide. The United Nations (2000) states, that genocide is the “ [perpetration of] violent crimes with [the] intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group”(P.337). The genocide against Tamils has been going on for years and the Sri Lankan government has not been brought to justice. Till this day, the surviving Tamil civilians are kept in concentration camps where many men, women and children get tortured, kidnapped and raped. According to the Sri Lankan government, these camps were made for rehabilitation purposes. David Keen (2014) states that the use of the camp is, “a dramatic practical expression of the fact that the Tamil population as a whole was considered suspect in relation to rebellion and terrorism” (P.10). Even after the genocide and the victory of the civil war, the Sri Lankan government still has not done anything to bring equality amongst its population. Let alone any sort of independence for the Tamil civilians. The newly elected President, Mahinda Rajapaksha opted to take Sri Lanka down an authoritative road (stone, 2014). He has brought other members of his family to governmental positions creating a permanent family line of non-democratic leadership. The instability and corruption within the government will assure that the Tamils will continually be

Throughout history, our world has constantly been bruised and battered by civil turmoil. Today, the civil war in Syria decimates the country; the Israeli and Palestinian conflict rages on; tens of thousands of people have been killed in South Sudan's ongoing civil war. It is not always easy to isolate what exactly ignites the flames of war, but, whenever possible, finding a workable, calm and satisfying solution to a potential uprising is preferable.

Coming back to disagreements and poilitical issues that began soon after the American Revolution. There were a number of circumstances that led the United States into a excruciating civil war. The problems between the North and the South grew more intense between the years 1800 and 1860. Although i twas not the only one, slavery was the central issue of the conflicts. There was another point of major disagreement between the two sides in the involved taxes paid on goods brought from foreign countries. It was called tariff. Southerners felt that those tarrifs were unfair toward them and were doing in purpose because they imported a broader variety of goods than Northerners.

The Civil War was a major event in our nation’s history that would affect the country for years to come. Both good and bad came from the political, social, and economic reforms that would fall upon the United States in this aftermath. This paper will detail how constitutional amendments, Jim Crow laws, and Scalawags and Carpetbaggers were lasting effects of the Civil War.

Throughout the Civil War, there were many different types of warfare. Amongst the common Union and Confederate soldiers, many men fought on either side in different types of irregular military forces. These forces, along with regular soldiers, contributed to the many styles of warfare. Three prominent warfare styles during the Civil War were regularly trained soldiers, bushwhackers, and guerrilla soldiers. The majority of battles were fought by official Union or Confederate soldiers. These battles typically had some sort of organization and were not extremely violent. A large portion of the remainder of the fighting was done by guerrilla soldiers or bushwhackers. The attacks carried out by the guerrilla soldiers were more violent,

As the United States grew westward, issues that had begun with the original states grew and spread with it. The relationship between northern and southern states was never strong due to the cultural differences of the two, but the westward expansion weakened it further. These differences resulted in arguments in the government over how to handle the issues that were appearing. These arguments eventually became small skirmishes, like those in Kansas, which foreshadowed the large fight that would split the United States: the American Civil War. This civil war was caused by the economic, social and political differences of the north and south all centralized around one main issue: slavery.

Cherokee Confederates reunion in New Orleans, 1903The Civil War is one of the central events in America's collective memory. There are innumerable statues, commemorations, books and archival collections. The memory includes the home front, military affairs, the treatment of soldiers, both living and dead, in the war's aftermath, depictions of the war in literature and art, evaluations of heroes and villains, and considerations of the moral and political lessons of the war.[247] The last theme includes moral evaluations of racism and slavery, heroism in combat and behind the lines, and the issues of democracy and minority rights, as well

They took thousands of lives, not just the ones on the planes and in the buildings it hit, but the hundreds of first

In this day and age, we find ourselves at odds with our “identity” as we find that not only are we representing ourselves, but we also have ties to religion, sect, tribe, and family (Angrist). This shows that despite the cohesiveness and threads that attach us, it has the power to pull people, families, and in some cases countries apart. This conflict comes to a head when religion and ethnicity are interwoven. Hence when divisions occur, this can lead to violent wars that destroy trust between individuals. This can ingrain a sense of uneasiness and distrust that plagues people’s ideas and leaves a country divided. This is particularly evident in Lebanon. Ethnic and religious division led to the festering of feelings of marginalization and discrimination, which boiled over into the Lebanese civil war, a war that claimed the lives of 150,000 people (Szekely). The anger and frustration birthed from this to chaos, and conflict has in turn increased the division between ethnic and religious factions and led to the crumbling of Lebanese nationalism. This essay is specifically aimed at assessing the relationships between ethnic and religious divisions in Lebanon and explores how it contributed to the civil war. This is done by identifying and analyzing the main actors and makes an explanation of the historical divisions stemming from the National Pact, branching out to include the consequences of the civil war on the political structures and the identities of the

The article “Explaining the Severity of Civil Wars” by Bethany Lacina looks at why some civil wars are more deadly as compared to others by investigating a new data set that shows the number of combat deaths in civil wars from 1946 to 2002. The article looks at the statistics behind the deaths in the conflicts such as the era, the type of conflict ant the region that the conflict takes place in. The article also uses the strength of the state, the type of regime and cultural characteristics in a test to see if they are predictors for the number of combat deaths in a conflict.

In this essay I hope to look at the issues of conflict in South Asia focusing on India and in particular the continuing Hindu-Muslim tensions, and look at possible reasons for the continuing conflict which appears to have escalated since the withdrawal of British Rule from India. Multiple events had shaped the Indian subcontinent with

For more than 25 years in the late 20th century and into the 21st, the island nation of Sri Lanka tore itself apart in a brutal civil war.  At the most basic level, the conflict arose from ethnic tension between Sinhalese and Tamil citizens.  Of course, in reality the causes are more complex, and arise in large part from Sri Lanka 's colonial legacy.