Twenty years ago, starting from the night of 29 July 1987, India hurriedly deployed the Indian Army in Sri Lanka. This book provides an in-depth look at the Indian military deployment and operations in Sri Lanka from July 1987 to March 1990, which was independent India's first major foreign-policy determined overseas campaign, and which turned into modern India's longest war to date. It has been India's most intense period of interaction with the island of Sri ...