LEADER 03218nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910345115703321 005 20230617003144.0 010 $a1-282-26374-9 010 $a9786612263743 010 $a1-86189-420-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000551077 035 $a(EBL)368672 035 $a(OCoLC)476204025 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000342253 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11252662 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342253 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10285065 035 $a(PQKB)11618534 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC368672 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000551077 100 $a20050314d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA region in turmoil $eSouth Asian conflicts since 1947 /$fRob Johnson 210 $aLondon $cReaktion Books$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (270 p.) 225 1 $aContemporary worlds 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-86189-257-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; 1 The Significance of Conflicts in South Asia; 2 Conflicts in India; 3 Conflicts in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Myanmar; 4 Global Influences on South Asian Conflicts; 5 The Kashmir Dispute, 1947-2004; 6 The India-China Conflict of 1962; 7 The India-Pakistan Wars of 1965 and 1971, and the Bangladesh War of Independence; 8 Afghanistan: The Soviet Occupation, 1979-89; 9 Afghanistan: The Civil War, 1989-2001; 10 Insurgency, Terror and Peace-Making; 11 Conclusion: Points of Conflict in South Asia; References; Selected Further Reading; Index 330 $aSouth Asia has been the setting for some of the century's most violent invasions, the Western world's bloodiest defeats, and a volatile geopolitical brew of religions, ethnicities, and nationalism that sends unsettling ripples through the global balance of power even today. Rob Johnson writes here the engrossing history of the individual conflicts that have engulfed the states of South Asia during the last half century. A Region in Turmoil offers a new perspective on the area, drawing together the conflicts of South Asia and examining them in local and global contexts, from the end of the West 410 0$aContemporary worlds. 606 $aInsurgency$zSouth Asia$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aInsurgency$zSouth Asia$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aPostcolonialism$zSouth Asia$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPostcolonialism$zSouth Asia$xHistory$y21st century 607 $aSouth Asia$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aSouth Asia$xHistory$y21st century 607 $aSouth Asia$xPolitics and government$y20th century 607 $aSouth Asia$xPolitics and government$y21st century 615 0$aInsurgency$xHistory 615 0$aInsurgency$xHistory 615 0$aPostcolonialism$xHistory 615 0$aPostcolonialism$xHistory 676 $a954.04 700 $aJohnson$b Robert$f1967-$0870145 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910345115703321 996 $aA region in turmoil$91942600 997 $aUNINA