MacDonald, Myra,

Defeat is an orphan : how Pakistan lost the great South Asian war / How Pakistan lost the great South Asian war Myra MacDonald. - Haryana: Penguin/Random House India, 2017. - x, 313 pages ; 22 cm

Theory of Knowledge

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

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.

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

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2000-2099


Nuclear weapons--Pakistan.
Nuclear weapons--India.
Diplomatic relations.
Nuclear weapons.


Pakistan--Foreign relations--India.
India--Foreign relations--Pakistan.
Pakistan--History--21st century.
India--History--21st century.
India.
Pakistan.


History.

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