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Four crises and a peace process : American engagement in South Asia / P.R. Chari, Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, Stephen P. Cohen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2007.Description: x, 252 p. : maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780815713845
  • 9780815713838
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JZ5584. S65.
Contents:
Contents: Foreword—Acknowledgments—1. Fifteen years, four crises—2. South Asia’s crises—3. The brasstacks crisis of 1986-87—4. The compound crisis of 1990—5. The Kargil conflict—6. The 2001-02 border confrontation—7. Peace and war in South Asia—Appendix—Notes—Index.
Summary: Summary:"Explains the underlying causes of four contained conflicts on the subcontinent, their consequences, the lessons learned, and the American role in each. Considers these as cases of attempted conflict resolution, as instances of limited war by nuclear-armed nations, and as examples of intervention and engagement by the U.S. and China"—Provided by publisher.
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Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University JZ5584.S65.C53 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000354273
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Contents: Foreword—Acknowledgments—1. Fifteen years, four crises—2. South Asia’s crises—3. The brasstacks crisis of 1986-87—4. The compound crisis of 1990—5. The Kargil conflict—6. The 2001-02 border confrontation—7. Peace and war in South Asia—Appendix—Notes—Index.

Summary:"Explains the underlying causes of four contained conflicts on the subcontinent, their consequences, the lessons learned, and the American role in each. Considers these as cases of attempted conflict resolution, as instances of limited war by nuclear-armed nations, and as examples of intervention and engagement by the U.S. and China"—Provided by publisher.

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