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In the history of Sri Lanka, the only threat to state authority1 which exceeded the JVP insurrection of 1971 is the JVP resurgence of 1987–90. Although the conflict in the North and the East involves victims and combatants from all ethnic communities, it has never fundamentally threatened the state to the extent of the two JVP episodes.
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Bush, K.D. (2003). Critical Juncture III: 1971 JVP Insurrection and 1987 JVP Resurgence. In: The Intra-Group Dimensions of Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230597822_6
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