| Publication |
Berkeley, University of California Press, 2010.
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| Description |
xv, 128pTricolour spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
Beginning in 1947, when 'India and Pakistan were born to conflict', renowned India scholar Stanley Wolpert provides an authoritative, accessible primer on what is potentially the world's most dangerous crisis. He concisely distills sixty-three years of complex history, tracing the roots of the relationship between these two antagonists, explaining the many attempts to resolve their disputes, and assessing the dominant political leaders. While the tragic Partition left many urgent problems, none has been more difficult than the problem over Kashmir, claimed by both India and Pakistan. This intensely divisive issue has triggered two conventional wars, killed some 100,000 Kashmiris, and almost ignited two nuclear wars since 1998, when both India and Pakistan openly emerged as nuclear-weapon states. In addition to providing a comprehensive perspective on the origin and nature of this urgent conflict, Wolpert examines all the proposed solutions and concludes with a road map for a brighter future for South Asia.
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| Contents |
Historic roots of the problem
The first Indo-Pakistani war over Kashmir
The second Indo-Pakistani war over Kashmir
The third Indo-Pakistani war and the birth of Bangladesh
From the Simla summit to Zia's coup
Afghanistan's impact on Indo-Pakistani relations
Pakistan's proxy war and Kashmir's Azaadi revolution
Recent attempts to resolvethe escalating conflict
The stalled peace process
Potential solutions to the Kashmir conflict
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| Standard Number |
9780520266773 Hb.
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