The longest August : the unflinching rivalry between India and Pakistan / Dilip Hiro.
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TextPublication details: New York: Nation Books, 2015ISBN: 9781568587349 (hardcover)Subject(s): Politics india | Foreign relations | India Pakistan | India -- Foreign relations -- Pakistan | Pakistan -- Foreign relations -- IndiaDDC classification: 327.5405491 Other classification: V2:1944Q7 Q5
Contents:
The modish dresser meets the Mahatma -- Gandhi's original sin: injecting religion into politics -- The two-nation theory: a preamble to partition -- A rising tide of violence -- Born in blood -- The infant twins at war -- Growing apart -- Nehru's "forward policy": a step too far -- Shastri's tallest order: Pakistan's nightmare comes alive -- Indira Gandhi slays the two-nation theory -- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: the savior of West Pakistan -- Islamist Zia Ul Haq, builder of the A-bomb -- Benazir-Rajiv rapport cut short -- Gate-crashing the nuclear club -- General Musharraf buckles under US pressure -- Nuclear-armed twins, eyeball-to-eyeball -- Manmohan Singh's changing interlocutors -- Competing for Kabul -- Shared culture, rising commerce -- Overview and conclusions.
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