The origins of war in South Asia : Indo-Pakistani conflicts since 1947

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The origins of war in South Asia : Indo-Pakistani conflicts since 1947

Šumit Ganguly

Westview Press, 1994

2nd ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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In this second edition, Sumit Ganguly updates and expands what has been the only comprehensive and comparative study of the three Indo-Pakistani conflicts. Ganguly has incorporated recently published and newly declassified material, offers a new chapter on Kashmir, and has added an expanded theoretical section that reviews the recent literature on conflict, security, and defense policy in the Third World. In this second edition of the only comprehensive and comparative study of the three Indo-Pakistani conflicts, Sumit Ganguly deepens his exploration of the causes and consequences of these clashes. Reassessing the origins of war in South Asia and ongoing ethnic strife in the region, he identifies and examines key developments, including shifts in policymaking necessitated by the collapse of the Soviet Union and the incipient nuclear weapons programs of both India and Pakistan.Ganguly incorporates recently published as well as newly declassified material in this edition and has written a new chapter on the origins, nature, and likely future of the insurgency in Kashmir.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • The First Kashmir War
  • The Second
  • Kashmir War
  • The Bangladesh War
  • Conclusions
  • Epilogue: The Transformation of the Kashmir Issue.

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