Synopses & Reviews
"Stanley Wolpert is one of our country's most prominent, prolific and insightful scholars writing about India and Pakistan's complex relationship, which has been too often defined by conflict and tragedy. His new work,
India and Pakistan, is not only an illuminating survey of the countries' intertwined history but also a thoughtful, in-depth review of the issues that have divided India and Pakistan since their inception. This is an important book, written with the benefit of deep knowledge of the region and informed by incisive and erudite analysis."and#151;Vartan Gregorian, President, Carnegie Corporation of New York
"Professor Stanley Wolpert's latest is a wonderfully lucid and succinct survey of the tangled web of India-Pakistan relations over the decades. Its high point is the last chapter on the potential solutions to the Kashmir conflictand#151;a must read for the people and leaders of the two nations. It should be immediately translated."and#151;Dilip K. Basu, University of California, Santa Cruz
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"An expert and brisk historical primer."--New York Times Book Review
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“The analysis is insightful and the conclusions are inspiring.” R. D. Long - Choice
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"Comprehensive perspective on the origin and nature of this urgent conflict."--Interaction / Bms Book News
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and#8220;An expert and brisk historical primer.and#8221;
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“The analysis is insightful and the conclusions are inspiring.” New York Times Book Review
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and#8220;Comprehensive perspective on the origin and nature of this urgent conflict.and#8221;
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and#8220;The analysis is insightful and the conclusions are inspiring.and#8221;
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Beginning in 1947, when "India and Pakistan were born to conflict," renowned India scholar Stanley Wolpert provides an authoritative, accessible primer on what is potentially the world's most dangerous crisis. He concisely distills sixty-three years of complex history, tracing the roots of the relationship between these two antagonists, explaining the many attempts to resolve their disputes, and assessing the dominant political leaders. While the tragic Partition left many urgent problems, none has been more difficult than the problem over Kashmir, claimed by both India and Pakistan. This intensely divisive issue has triggered two conventional wars, killed some 100,000 Kashmiris, and almost ignited two nuclear wars since 1998, when both India and Pakistan openly emerged as nuclear-weapon states. In addition to providing a comprehensive perspective on the origin and nature of this urgent conflict, Wolpert examines all the proposed solutions and concludes with a road map for a brighter future for South Asia.
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The Indus basin was once an arid pastoral watershed, but by the second half of the twentieth century, it had become one of the worldand#8217;s most heavily irrigated and populated river basins. Launched under British colonial rule in the nineteenth century, this irrigation project spurred political, social, and environmental transformations that continued after the 1947 creation of the new states of India and Pakistan. In this first large-scale environmental history of the region, David Gilmartin focuses on the changes that occurred in the basin as a result of the implementation of the worldand#8217;s largest modern integrated irrigation system. This masterful work of scholarship explores how environmental transformation is tied to the creation of communities and nations, focusing on the intersection of politics, statecraft, and the environment.
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and#147;An impressive achievement by a masterful historian. The book stands as the single most authoritative text on irrigation development in the Indus River basin from the nineteenth century to the present.and#8221;and#151;David Ludden, author of
India and South Asia: A Short History and#147;A clear, compelling, and carefully documented study. It will inspire students and scholars beyond South Asian studies and the modern history of colonial encounters.and#8221;and#151;K. Sivaramakrishnan, Professor of Anthropology, Yale University
About the Author
Stanley Wolpert is the author of fourteen books, including India, now in its fourth edition from UC Press, A New History of India, now in its eighth edition, and Gandhi's Passion: The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi. He is Professor Emeritus in the History Department at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Table of Contents
List of Maps
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Historic Roots of the Problem
2. The First Indo-Pakistani War
3. The Second Indo-Pakistani War
4. The Third Indo-Pakistani War and the Birth of Bangladesh
5. From the Simla Summit to Ziaand#8217;s Coup
6. Afghanistanand#8217;s Impact on Indo-Pakistani Relations
7. Pakistanand#8217;s Proxy War and Kashmirand#8217;s Azaadi Revolution
8. Recent Attempts to Resolve the Escalating Conflict
9. The Stalled Peace Process
10. Potential Solutions to the Kashmir Conflict
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index