J. Basil Fernando
Asia Monitor Resource Center, Hong Kong 1991
This book is dedicated
to all those who have struggled
to create the awareness that accountability
for the life of every citizen
is the foundation of any decent society

Published in 1991 by Asia Monitor Resource Centre Ltd., 101 pages, ISBN 962-7145-13-X, ISSN 0258-0268

• SRI LANKA - MULITARIZATION vs. MODERNIZATION
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1. Militarization
• 2. Trade unions
• 3. From consensus to repression
• 4. The JVP and the future
• 5. The IPKF and thereafter
• 6. UNP revival and trade unions
• 7. The emergency and the workers' movement
• Appendix 1: The Amnesty letters
• Appendix 2: Elections in Pakistan and the military's involvement in politics
• Appendix 3: The disappearances and the Commission
• Appendix 4: Hartal!
• Epilogue
• References