books.google.ca - The militarisation of the Sinhala-Tamil conflict in Sri Lanka began inthe 1970s when attempts to reconcile by peaceful means the Tamils'claim for basic individual and collective rights with the Sinhaleseneed to allay their chronic sense of insecurity finally failed. Sincethen the struggle has intensified,...http://books.google.ca/books/about/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_Nationalism.html?id=W3aAB9IFVdkC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareSri Lankan Tamil Nationalism