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Summary:

"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"--Provided by publisher.

Table of 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
• The Indo-Pakistani Simla summit and Zia's coup
• Afghanistan's impact on Indo-Pakistani relations
• Pakistan's proxy war and Kashmir's Azaadi revolution
• Recent attempts to resolve escalating Indo-Pakistani conflicts
• The stalled Indo-Pakistani peace process
• Potential solutions to the Kashmir conflict.

Author/Creator:

Wolpert, Stanley, 1927-2019 1943- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

India and Pakistan: continued conflict or cooperation? [by Wolpert, S.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: India and Pakistan [by Wolpert, S.A.] (Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010 — ISBN 9780520266773; LCCN 2009049420)

Subjects:

India — Foreign relations — Pakistan

Pakistan — Foreign relations — India

India — Military relations — Pakistan

Pakistan — Military relations — India

Genres:

Bibliographies

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

DS450.P18 W65 2010eb

ISBNs:

9780520948006 (electronic book)
0520948009 (electronic book)
1283277409
9781283277402
9780520266773 (cloth) [Invalid]
0520266773 (cloth) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2009049420 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

707924776

Other Control Numbers:

EBC646811 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp3604845