War Or Peace on the Line of Control?
Author : Robert Wirsing
Publisher : IBRU
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 10,84 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Boundary disputes
ISBN : 1897643314
Not War, Not Peace?
Author : George Perkovich
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 16,87 MB
Release : 2016-08-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0199089701
Book Description
The Mumbai blasts of 1993, the attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001, Mumbai 26/11—cross-border terrorism has continued unabated. What can India do to motivate Pakistan to do more to prevent such attacks? In the nuclear times that we live in, where a military counter-attack could escalate to destruction beyond imagination, overt warfare is clearly not an option. But since outright peace-making seems similarly infeasible, what combination of coercive pressure and bargaining could lead to peace? The authors provide, for the first time, a comprehensive assessment of the violent and non-violent options available to India for compelling Pakistan to take concrete steps towards curbing terrorism originating in its homeland. They draw on extensive interviews with senior Indian and Pakistani officials, in service and retired, to explore the challenges involved in compellence and to show how non-violent coercion combined with clarity on the economic, social and reputational costs of terrorism can better motivate Pakistan to pacify groups involved in cross-border terrorism. Not War, Not Peace? goes beyond the much discussed theories of nuclear deterrence and counterterrorism strategy to explore a new approach to resolving old conflicts.
On War
Author : Carl von Clausewitz
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 13,4 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Military art and science
ISBN :
Book Description
Line on Fire
Author : Happymon Jacob
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 20,99 MB
Release : 2018-12-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0199095477
Book Description
The India–Pakistan border in Jammu & Kashmir has witnessed repeated ceasefire violations (CFVs) over the past decade. As relations between India and Pakistan have deteriorated, CFVs have increased exponentially. It is imperative to gain a deeper understanding of these violations owing to their potential to not only cause a crisis but also escalate an ongoing one. Line on Fire, part of the Oxford International Relations in South Asia series, postulates that the incorrect diagnosis of the reasons behind CFVs has led to wrong policies being adopted by both India and Pakistan to deal with the recurrent violations. Using fresh empirical data and first-hand accounts, the volume attempts to understand the reason why CFVs continue to take place between India and Pakistan despite consistent efforts to reduce the tension between the two nations. In doing so, it recontextualizes and enriches the prevailing arguments in contemporary literature on escalating dynamics and unenduring ceasefire agreements between the two South Asian nuclear rivals.
Whose Peace? Critical Perspectives on the Political Economy of Peacebuilding
Author : M. Pugh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 19,73 MB
Release : 2016-01-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0230228747
Book Description
The book provides critical perspectives that reach beyond the technical approaches of international financial institutions and proponents of the liberal peace formula. It investigates political economies characterized by the legacies of disruption to production and exchange, by population displacement, poverty, and by 'criminality'.
The Line of Control
Author : Happymon Jacob
Publisher : Penguin, Viking
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 14,88 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Azad Kashmir (Pakistan)
ISBN : 9780670091270
Book Description
Happymon Jacob was given the unique opportunity to see the border between India and Pakistan from both sides. He travelled with the armies of both countries and could study what is effectively the ground zero-the location where entrenched animosities as well as sudden surges of comradeship are enacted. This is one of the most fortified places on the planet. Jacob writes, 'I was keen on getting into their world, the world of men in uniform, fighting each other and yet respecting each other. It was a curious world. It had breath-taking adventure, mind blowing stories and unforgettable heroism. I loved it, and I was welcome.' This vividly told, fast paced narrative brings the border area to life. Jacob was given unprecedented access by the Indian and Pakistani armies and he explores how the border is seen-both in the popular imagination and by those who exist in its shadow. He chronicles the lives of civilians and soldiers, their courage and resilience in the face of constant danger and the extraordinary similarities between the two sides.
On Combat
Author : Dave Grossman
Publisher : Ppct Research Publications
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 36,5 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Psychology
ISBN :
Book Description
Looks at the effect of deadly battle on the body and mind and offers new research findings to help prevent lasting adverse effects.
India-Pakistan in War and Peace
Author : J. N. Dixit
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 14,36 MB
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1134407572
Book Description
As the Kashmir dispute brings India and Pakistan ominously close to nuclear war this book provides a compelling account of the history and politics of these two great South Asian rivals. Like the Israel-Palestine struggle, the Indian-Pakistan rivalry is a legacy of history. The two countries went to war within months of becoming independent and, over the following half-century, they have fought three other wars and clashed at the United Nations and every other global forum. It is a complex conflict, over religion and territory with two diametrically opposed views of nationhood and national imagination. J.N. Dixit, former Foreign Secretary of India, and one of the world's leading authorities on the region, has written a balanced and very readable account of the most tempestuous and potentially dangerous flashpoint in international politics.
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Author : Walt L. Perry
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,38 MB
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
Summarizes a report on the planning and execution of operations in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM through June 2004. Recommends changes to Army plans, operational concepts, doctrine, and Title 10 functions.
War and Peace in Contemporary India
Author : Rudra Chaudhuri
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 41,70 MB
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1000486753
Book Description
War and Peace in Contemporary India examines the importance of institutions and the role played by international actors in crucial episodes of India’s strategic history. The contributions trace India’s tryst with war and peace from immediately before the foundation of the contemporary Indian state, to the last military conflict between India and Pakistan in 1999. The focus of the chapters included in this edited volume is as much on India as it is on Pakistan and China, its opponents in war. The chapters offer a fresh take on the creation of India as a regional military power, and her approach to War and Peace in the post-independence period. Importantly, it advances the broader work on Indian strategic history during the Cold War and after, an otherwise under-studied intellectual landscape. The book offers fresh insights based on archival work, as well as a closer conceptual reading of Indian, British and American decision making at times of war and peace in contemporary India. This book will be of great interest to scholars, researchers and students interested in strategic studies, diplomatic and military history, international diplomacy, as well as Indian history and politics. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Strategic Studies.
