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Conflict Unending: India-Pakistan Tensions Since 1947
Paper, 200 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-12369-3
$28.00
/ £16.50
May, 2002
Cloth, 200 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-12368-6
$83.50
/ £49.00
"This outstanding examination of the India-Pakistan conflict is indispensable reading for the scholar and policymaker. Sumit Ganguly offers a guide to its deeper origins and its dangerous manifestations with clarity and rigor. Dr. Ganguly has explored the reasons for India-Pakistan discord; his book is a major contribution to our understanding of what has emerged as one of the world’s major trouble spots" — Stephen P. Cohen, Brookings Institution
"In his brilliant new book, [Ganguly] provides a sophisticated and lucid explanation of why India and Pakistan have suffered such chronically bad relations. Conflict Unending sets the industry standard . . . and it cements Ganguly's reputation as one of the world's leading experts on subcontinental political affairs." — Foreign Affairs
"Into this vague understanding [of the India-Pakistan conflict] strides the refreshingly direct Conflict Unending: India-Pakistan Tensions since 1947, a book that manages to explicate the origins and evolution of South Asian political and military strife in a manner that is both straightforward and nuanced...making Conflict Unending's clear account of the core motivations at work both timely and significant." — Arms Control Today
"Ganguly presents a concise, dispassionate summary of each Indo-Pakistani conflict." — Library Journal
"Ganguly's comprehensive assessment of Indo-Pakistan tension should be required background reading for policy-makers, journalists and others seeking to understand the causes and history of conflict between these two sparring siblings." — Asian Affairs
"Conflict Unending is a welcome successor to much-worn copies of Sources of Conflict on library shelves. There is no better concise presentation for those seeking a grounding in this sadly still current subject." — Thomas Perry Thornton, Political Science Quarterly
"A straightforward, well-written account... Brevity and lucidity are the strong points of this... easy read." — Sanjay Joshi, Historian
"This is a worthy successor to The Origins of War in South Asia, the author’s well-known study of conflict between India and Pakistan. . . . a highly readable and instructive guide to this deeply troubled and violent relationship, and a must for scholars of South Asia, students of intractable international conflicts, and policymakers." — Kanti Bajpai, Jawaharlal Nehru University