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Autore: | MacDonald Myra |
Titolo: | Defeat Is an Orphan: How Pakistan Lost the Great South Asian War |
Pubblicazione: | Hurst |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (1 p.) |
Disciplina: | 355.0217095491 |
Soggetto topico: | Nuclear weapons |
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 |
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