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

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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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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?

Bibliographic Details

Title: Conflict Between India and Pakistan: An ...
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Book Type: book