Since their emergence as independent states from the British colonial empire, India and Pakistan have gone to war four times. This is a detailed explanation of the conflict, attributing it to three distinct components. The first is the divergent ideological commitments of the nationalist elites in the India and Pakistan anti-colonial movements. The second component is Pakistan's claim to Kashmir. The final component lies in the opportunistic events that act as immediate precipitants to war in the region.
- ISBN10 0195651901
- ISBN13 9780195651904
- Publish Date 1 February 2002 (first published 5 January 2002)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country IN
- Imprint OUP India
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 190
- Language English