1st Edition

The Kashmir Question Retrospect and Prospect

By Sumit Ganguly Copyright 2003
226 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

India, which had been created as a civic polity, initially sought to hold on to this Muslim-majority state to demonstrate its secular credentials. Pakistan, in turn, had laid claim to Kashmir because it had been created as the homeland for the Muslims of South Asia. After the break-up of Pakistan in 1971 the Pakistani irredentist claim to Kashmir lost substantial ground. If Pakistan could not... Read more
Chapter 1 The Kashmir Question: Retrospect and Prospect, Sumit Ganguly, Jonah Blank, Neil Devotta; Chapter 2 India's “Potential” Endgame in Kashmir, Amitabh Mattoo; Chapter 3 Pakistan's Endgame in Kashmir, Husain Haqqani; Chapter 4 Terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir in Theory and Practice, Praveen Swami; Chapter 5 US Policy and the Kashmir Dispute: Prospects for Resolution, Devin T. Hagerty; Chapter 6 Politics, Proximity and Paranoia: The Evolution of Kashmir as a Nuclear Flashpoint, Timothy D. Hoyt; Chapter 7 Kashmir and Tibet: Comparing Conflicts, States, and Solutions, Carole McGranahan; Chapter 8 Kashmir: All Tactics, No Strategy, Jonah Blank;

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Sumit Ganguly