Recensori in anteprima

An incisive first account of the formation, history, and bloody dissolution of the rebel Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka In the final days of the 30-year Sri Lankan civil war, tens of thousands of civilians were killed, according to UN estimates, as government forces hemmed in the last remaining Tamil Tiger rebels on a tiny sand-spit, dubbed “The Cage.” Gordon Weiss, the United Nations spokesperson in Sri Lanka at the time, here pulls back the curtain of government misinformation to tell the full story for the first time. A harrowing portrait of an island paradise torn apart by war, The Cage is also a moving story about the root causes and catastrophic consequences of a revolutionary uprising caught in the crossfire of international power jockeying PRAISE “The Cage is a tightly-written and clear-eyed narrative about one of the most disturbing human dramas of recent years. . . . a riveting, cautionary tale about the consequences of unchecked political power in a country at war. A must-read.” —Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker staff writer and author of The Fall of Baghdad “This shattering, heartbreaking tale of savagery and suffering not only lifts the veil that conceals one of the most awful tragedies of the current era, but also helps us understand what should be done, not just in this sad and beautiful land, but long before other such horrors spiral out of control.” —Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor & Professor of Linguistics, MIT, and author of Hopes and Prospects