The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Sri Lankan GovernmentCauses of the war and of the peace

Introduction
The past twenty years in Sri Lanka has been wrought with war between the government and the Liberations Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Over 60,000 people have died, and the economy and homeland of the Tamil people has suffered greatly. The conflict began in the 1950s when the Sinhalese had the perception that the Tamil had too large of a roll in the government, and then managed to nearly remove Tamil influence (although the make up ~20% of the Sri Lankan population). With the governments refusal to bring things into balance, Tamil militant groups began to demand their own nation. The current situation in Sri Lanka is no longer war. For the past for months there has been a cease fire that both sides have recognized.
This paper will further discuss the historical background that led to these twenty years of civil war, and then analyze why previous attempts at peace have failed. Finally, it will discuss why the current cease fire is lasting longer than the others,...