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gotossmycausticsalad's review against another edition
4.0
As someone with very little knowledge, I found it a good starting point. While the main focus is the last period of the war, with a specific focus on the myriad ways international law was broken, he spends the first half of the book laying out the background and causes of the conflict which I found very helpful.
siria's review
3.0
At heart, I don't think Gordon Weiss is a long form writer. He was formerly a UN official, and the prose and structure of The Cage seems to show someone who more naturally writes briefing papers than full-length books. Although The Cage is a short 230 pages, at times I felt it could have been edited down further still (and benefited from another editorial pass because of some occasionally clunky phrasing). These quibbles aside, I think this is well worth the read: Weiss details the last stages of the civil war in Sri Lanka, a conflict which was largely ignored or dismissed by the international community. It's a pretty damning indictment of all sides involved, and a lament for the fact that those responsible for so much pain and suffering will probably never be held accountable. Not an easy read but a worthwhile one.
t_bone's review against another edition
4.0
It's shocking that this happened and barely an international eyelid has been raised. Hardly anyone seems to even know about it. And so the Australian govt goes on imprisoning Tamil asylum seekers and the Australian and Sri Lankan cricket teams go on playing games. So it goes.
neerajaahielan's review against another edition
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4.25
This book is a great secondary perspective of the events that took place in Sri Lanka during the final years of the war. Some of the imagery is a bit confronting but only to bring justice to those who endured it.
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