Frontiers, insurgencies and counter-insurgencies in South Asia, 1820-2013 / Kaushik Roy.
This book uses cross-cultural analysis across Eurasia and Afro-Asia to trace the roots of contemporary border disputes and insurgencies in South Asia. It discusses the way frontiers of British India, and consequently the modern states of India and Pakistan, were drafted through negotiations backed u...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group,
2015.
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| Summary: | This book uses cross-cultural analysis across Eurasia and Afro-Asia to trace the roots of contemporary border disputes and insurgencies in South Asia. It discusses the way frontiers of British India, and consequently the modern states of India and Pakistan, were drafted through negotiations backed up by organized violence, showing how this concept found its fruition in present-day counter-insurgency measures.--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 226 pages : maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-216) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781138892521 1138892521 |