Conflict Between India and Pakistan: An Encyclopedia (Roots of Modern Conflict)

Conflict Between India and Pakistan: An Encyclopedia (Roots of Modern Conflict)

by PeterLyon (Author)

Synopsis

This up-to-date encyclopedia examines the conflict between India and Pakistan from Independence to the present day, with an authoritative treatment that presents the issues evenhandedly and from both countries' perspectives.


* Detailed entries deal with towns, cities, and geographic areas, including Jammu, Srinigar, and the Siachen Glacier; major figures involved in the conflict, including General Pervez Musharraf; the religious divide between Hindus and Muslims; and the dispute over Kashmir

* A thorough chronology provides year-by-year treatment of the main issues in Indo-Pakistan relations

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 294
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 15 Oct 2008

ISBN 10: 1576077128
ISBN 13: 9781576077122
Book Overview: India and Pakistan confront each other, with opposing ethnic and religious forces threatening far-reaching social and political convulsions. These two nations have a long complex history over the past 60 years. Because both countries now possess nuclear weapons, could the next Indo-Pakistan conflict involve nuclear war?

Media Reviews
Any high school to college library strong in Asian issues and culture needs this. - Midwest Book Review
With works already in print on conflicts in Afghanistan, the former Yugoslavia, Korea, and Northern Ireland, the Roots of Modern Conflict series, as all the ABC-CLIO series, is an excellent collection of reference works for the general population. . . . The series format, consisting of a preface that outlines the issues and importance, the alphabetically arranged encyclopedia entries, epilogue, detailed chronology, appendixes, glossary, index, and extensive bibliography, are all well done. Unlike many encyclopedias whose entries are supplied by a large number of contributors, all elements of this volume are completed by a single author who brings his impeccable credentials to the task. - American Reference Books Annual
. . . it is the only encyclopedic source of its kind and is recommended for large public libraries and academic libraries. - Reference & User Services Quarterly
Author Bio

Peter Lyon is a senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London, England, and reader emeritus in international relations at the University of London, London, England.