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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacDonald, Myra, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Pakistan--Foreign relations--India.

Pakistan.

International relations.

India.

India--Foreign relations--Pakistan.

Pakistan--History--21st century.

India--History--21st century.

Nuclear weapons--Pakistan.

Nuclear weapons.

Nuclear weapons--India.

Physical Description:

x, 313 pages ; 22 cm

Other Title:

How Pakistan lost the great South Asian war

Place of Publication:

London : Hurst & Company, 2017.

Summary:

Tracks the defining episodes in the relationship between India and Pakistan since 1998.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-296) and index.

ISBN:

9781849046411

1849046417

OCLC:

967964428

Publisher Number:

99970219142