Intro -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Acronyms -- 1 Masculinity and militarism in Sri Lanka -- 2 Motifs of masculinity: The imperilled body and the composed body -- 3 Victorian manliness and the composed body in Sinhala discourse -- 4 Growing up: Youth uprisings, social change and ethnic conflict -- 5 Combat training and the battlefield -- 6 Operation Sathjaya: Confronting child soldiers -- 7 Operation Jayasikurui: Female fighters on the battlefield -- 8 Unceasing Waves III: Confronting spectacular violence -- 9 Operation Agnikheela: Aerial bombardment as spectacle
10 The final victory -- 11 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
