Conflict Between India and Pakistan - An Encyclopedia

This up-to-date encyclopedia examines the conflict between India and Pakistan from Independence to the present day, with an authoritative treatment that presents the issues evenhandedly and from both countries'' perspectives. Tensions between India and Pakistan are deeply rooted. Many go back to 1947 or earlier, when, with the partitioning of the provinces of Punjab and Bengal, British India was succeeded by two independent countries: a primarily Hindu India and a Muslim Pakistan. Subsequently, the two countries have fought three wars and come close to open war several other times, especially over Kashmir. Conflict Between India and Pakistan begins with a discussion of the partition of India and those who figured prominently in it, notably: Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Clem Attlee, the last viceroy, Admiral Louis Mountbatten, and Jawaharlal Nehru. Then, in a series of evenhanded, carefully crafted portraits, it describes the people, political parties, foreign and domestic policies, and economic, religious, and cultural pressures that have played a role in the conflicts between these nations from 1947 to the present.>

About the author

Peter Lyon is a senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London, England, and reader emeritus in international relations at the University of London, London, England.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Lyon, Lyon Peter
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.10.2008
• EAN: 9781576077122
• ISBN: 978-1-57607-712-2
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 188 mm x 258 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Roots of Modern Conflict; Roots of Modern Conflict
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; Pakistan, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, International Relations, HISTORY / Reference, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference, India, Warfare & defence, Reference works, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Asian History, Warfare and defence, Peace studies & conflict resolution, HISTORY / Asia / South / India, Military History: Conflict and Wars