The longest August : the unflinching rivalry between India and Pakistan / Dilip Hiro.
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TextPublisher: New York : Nation Books, 2014Description: xvii, 503 pages : maps ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781568587349 (hardcover)Subject(s): India -- Foreign relations -- Pakistan | Pakistan -- Foreign relations -- IndiaDDC classification: 327.5405491 LOC classification: DS450.P18 | H57 2014| Item type | Current location | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-472) and index.
The modish dresser meets the Mahatma -- Gandhi's original sin: injecting religion into politics -- The two-nation theory: a preamble to partition -- A rising tide of violence -- Born in blood -- The infant twins at war -- Growing apart -- Nehru's "forward policy": a step too far -- Shastri's tallest order: Pakistan's nightmare comes alive -- Indira Gandhi slays the two-nation theory -- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: the savior of West Pakistan -- Islamist Zia Ul Haq, builder of the A-bomb -- Benazir-Rajiv rapport cut short -- Gate-crashing the nuclear club -- General Musharraf buckles under US pressure -- Nuclear-armed twins, eyeball-to-eyeball -- Manmohan Singh's changing interlocutors -- Competing for Kabul -- Shared culture, rising commerce -- Overview and conclusions.
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