A new book by Dr Dayan Jayatilleka will be launched this coming Saturday.This book deals with politics and its extension, war, and its aftermath in Sri Lanka. Most wars generate in their aftermath, a process of reflection. This book is aperpectival interpretation of what led to the war, what the most significant lessons and turning points of that experience were, what could prevent a recurrence of such a conflict and what the shape of the post-war future has to be.