Maps Introduction 1. Origins of the Conflict 2. The Kashmir-India Debacle 3. The War in Kashmir 4. Sovereignty in Dispute 5. Pathways to Peace Notes Glossary Acknowledgments Index
Sumantra Bose both captures the complexity of the Kashmir issue and explains it in ways nonspecialists can understand. It is essential that as many people as possible do understand this dispute, since it is surely one of the most dangerous on earth. Bose performs the additional service of providing guidelines for a bold, imaginative, yet feasible approach to resolving the problem of Kashmir based on lessons learned in other regional and sectarian conflicts. -- Strobe Talbott, Brookings Institution Today more than ever the powder keg that is Kashmir demands attention. In this balanced, deeply informed, and compelling study, Sumantra Bose unravels the tangled strands that have made the dispute over Kashmir so daunting. Demonstrating conclusively that neither plebiscite nor partition will resolve this seemingly unresolvable conflict, he offers a bold and innovative framework for meaningful negotiations. Statesmen in Islamabad, New Delhi, and Washington should take heed. -- Andrew Bacevich, author of American Empire
Sumantra Bose is Professor of International and Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Sumantra Bose both captures the complexity of the Kashmir issue and
explains it in ways nonspecialists can understand. It is essential
that as many people as possible do understand this dispute, since
it is surely one of the most dangerous on earth. Bose performs the
additional service of providing guidelines for a bold, imaginative,
yet feasible approach to resolving the problem of Kashmir based on
lessons learned in other regional and sectarian conflicts.
*Strobe Talbott, Brookings Institution*
Today more than ever the powder keg that is Kashmir demands
attention. In this balanced, deeply informed, and compelling study,
Sumantra Bose unravels the tangled strands that have made the
dispute over Kashmir so daunting. Demonstrating conclusively that
neither plebiscite nor partition will resolve this seemingly
unresolvable conflict, he offers a bold and innovative framework
for meaningful negotiations. Statesmen in Islamabad, New Delhi, and
Washington should take heed.
*Andrew Bacevich, author of American Empire*
Though Bose summarizes how Kashmir became a bone of contention in
the blood-wracking partition of British India in 1947-48, he
restrains himself from adjudicating the grievances in favor of
exploring an exit from the impasse. His basic idea, as in Northern
Ireland, is to put into abeyance the parties' most radical demands
in the hope they will ameliorate under the influence of newly
created negotiating institutions. Knowledgeable about Kashmir's
religio-ethnic complexities, Bose can be profitably consulted by
serious students of the conflict.
*Booklist*
One of the many remarkable things about Sumantra Bose's book is
that it demonstrates that the common 'solutions' offered on Kashmir
are actually dangerous.
*New York Sun*
The conflict over Kashmir remains one of the most intractable and
explosive disputes of the postcolonial era and the subject of
numerous books. Bose has added a clearly focused, concise, and
well-written study to this list and provides an innovative set of
proposals designed to settle the dispute.
*Choice*
[In] an intelligent, thoughtful and accessible discussion of the
conflict in Kashmir, Sumantra Bose examines how the conflict became
a grave threat to South Asia and explains the roots of the conflict
and seeks to proffer a solution for peace in the region.
*The Asian Art Newspaper*
Sumantra Bose's refreshingly readable, authoritative, and
fair-minded account of the dispute goes far to illuminate both the
reasons for its intractability and the requirements for its
resolution.
*International History Review*
Sumantra Bose both captures the complexity of the Kashmir issue and
explains it in ways nonspecialists can understand. It is essential
that as many people as possible do understand this dispute, since
it is surely one of the most dangerous on earth. Bose performs the
additional service of providing guidelines for a bold, imaginative,
yet feasible approach to resolving the problem of Kashmir based on
lessons learned in other regional and sectarian conflicts. --
Strobe Talbott, Brookings Institution
Today more than ever the powder keg that is Kashmir demands
attention. In this balanced, deeply informed, and compelling study,
Sumantra Bose unravels the tangled strands that have made the
dispute over Kashmir so daunting. Demonstrating conclusively that
neither plebiscite nor partition will resolve this seemingly
unresolvable conflict, he offers a bold and innovative framework
for meaningful negotiations. Statesmen in Islamabad, New Delhi, and
Washington should take heed. -- Andrew Bacevich, author of
American Empire
Though Bose summarizes how Kashmir became a bone of contention in
the blood-wracking partition of British India in 1947-48, he
restrains himself from adjudicating the grievances in favor of
exploring an exit from the impasse. His basic idea, as in Northern
Ireland, is to put into abeyance the parties' most radical demands
in the hope they will ameliorate under the influence of newly
created negotiating institutions. Knowledgeable about Kashmir's
religio-ethnic complexities, Bose can be profitably consulted by
serious students of the conflict. -- Gilbert Taylor * Booklist
*
One of the many remarkable things about Sumantra Bose's book is
that it demonstrates that the common 'solutions' offered on Kashmir
are actually dangerous. -- Sauvik Chakraverti * New York Sun *
The conflict over Kashmir remains one of the most intractable and
explosive disputes of the postcolonial era and the subject of
numerous books. Bose has added a clearly focused, concise, and
well-written study to this list and provides an innovative set of
proposals designed to settle the dispute. -- S. A. Kochanek *
Choice *
[In] an intelligent, thoughtful and accessible discussion of the
conflict in Kashmir, Sumantra Bose examines how the conflict became
a grave threat to South Asia and explains the roots of the conflict
and seeks to proffer a solution for peace in the region. * The
Asian Art Newspaper *
Sumantra Bose's refreshingly readable, authoritative, and
fair-minded account of the dispute goes far to illuminate both the
reasons for its intractability and the requirements for its
resolution. -- Robert C. Wirsing * International History Review *
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