Defeat is an orphan : how Pakistan lost the great South Asian war / / Myra MacDonald

• Autore: MacDonald Myra
• Pubblicazione: Hurst
• Disciplina: 355.02/17095491
• Soggetto topico: Nuclear weapons - Pakistan; Nuclear weapons - India; Diplomatic relations; Nuclear weapons
• Soggetto geografico: Pakistan Foreign relations India; India Foreign relations Pakistan; Pakistan History 21st century; India History 21st century; India; Pakistan
• Soggetto genere / forma: History
• Nota di contenuto: Prologue: The spider's web -- Settling a score: from 1947 to the nuclear tests -- "A brilliant tactical operation": Pakistan's defeat in the Kargil War of 1999 -- The general and the poet: from the Kargil War to the Agra summit -- The assassins from afar: Pakistan and Afghanistan -- "Somebody's going to pay": from the September 11 attacks to the end of 2001 -- The attack on the Indian Parliament: the trial of Afzal Guru -- Pursuit of valour: the India-Pakistan military standoff, 2001-2002 -- In the name of the people: a short history of the Kashmir dispute from 1846 to state elections in 2002 -- The noble lie: the India-Pakistan peace talks, 2001-2007 -- War by other means: the attack on Mumbai -- Anatomy of murder: Pakistan's relationship with its north-west frontier, 1947-2011 -- Pursuit of parity: the closing years -- Epilogue: A jaw for a tooth.
• Sommario/riassunto: Tracks the defining episodes in the relationship between India and Pakistan since 1998.
• Titolo autorizzato: Defeat is an orphan
• ISBN: 1-84904-859-2; 1-84904-858-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910165059303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II