Uneasy neighbors
Subtitle: India, Pakistan, and US foreign policy
By: Kanishkan Sathasivam.
Series: US foreign policy and conflict in the Islamic world; US foreign policy and conflict in the Islamic world series.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Aldershot, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: India -- Foreign relations -- Pakistan.; Pakistan -- Foreign relations -- India.; United States -- Foreign relations -- South Asia.; South Asia -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Description: "This volume represents a comprehensive and detailed case study of the long-running conflict between India and Pakistan - primarily over the contested territory of Kashmir, and the involvement of the United States within that conflict." "The book details the history of 'Partition', the critical event in the modern history of the subcontinent and the fundamental catalyst for the enduring rivalry between India and Pakistan. It provides a summary description and analysis of the characteristics - demographic, social-cultural, political, economic and military - of the three primary actors that are party to the conflict: the sovereign states of India and Pakistan and the territory of Kashmir. It explains the history of US policy toward India and Pakistan as individual countries as well as US policy toward the conflict between them, particularly in light of the Indian and Pakistani nuclear tests of 1998 and events since September 11, 2001. In addition, the volume also describes and analyzes the involvement of three other major extra-regional actors."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-190) and index.