000 01965cam a2200349 i 4500
999 _c3935
_d3935
001 18395510
003 Nust
005 20170105101616.0
008 141204s2014 nyub b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2014045994
020 _a9781568587349 (hardcover)
020 _z9781568585031 (e-book)
040 _aDLC
_beng
_cDLC
_erda
_dDLC
042 _apcc
043 _aa-ii---
_aa-pk---
050 0 0 _aDS450.P18
_bH57 2014
082 0 0 _a327.5405491
_223
_bHIR
100 1 _aHiro, Dilip.
245 1 4 _aThe longest August :
_bthe unflinching rivalry between India and Pakistan /
_cDilip Hiro.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bNation Books,
_c2014.
300 _axvii, 503 pages :
_bmaps ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 471-472) and index.
505 0 _aThe modish dresser meets the Mahatma -- Gandhi's original sin: injecting religion into politics -- The two-nation theory: a preamble to partition -- A rising tide of violence -- Born in blood -- The infant twins at war -- Growing apart -- Nehru's "forward policy": a step too far -- Shastri's tallest order: Pakistan's nightmare comes alive -- Indira Gandhi slays the two-nation theory -- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: the savior of West Pakistan -- Islamist Zia Ul Haq, builder of the A-bomb -- Benazir-Rajiv rapport cut short -- Gate-crashing the nuclear club -- General Musharraf buckles under US pressure -- Nuclear-armed twins, eyeball-to-eyeball -- Manmohan Singh's changing interlocutors -- Competing for Kabul -- Shared culture, rising commerce -- Overview and conclusions.
651 0 _aIndia
_xForeign relations
_zPakistan.
651 0 _aPakistan
_xForeign relations
_zIndia.
906 _a7
_bcbc
_corignew
_d1
_eecip
_f20
_gy-gencatlg
942 _2ddc
_cBK