Frontiers, Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies in South Asia

by Kaushik Roy

Overview

This book uses cross-cultural analysis across Eurasia and Afro-Asia to trace the roots of contemporary border disputes and insurgencies in South Asia. It discusses the way frontiers of British India, and consequently the modern states of India and Pakistan, were drafted through negotiations backed up by organized violence, showing how this conce

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000084238
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/29/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	252
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Kaushik Roy is Guru Nanak Professor, Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.

Table of Contents

Maps. Glossary. Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. British India, North-West Frontier and the Afghan ‘Problem’: circa 1800–1913 2. British India’s North-East Frontier and Burma: 1772–1913 3. North-West and North-East Frontiers during the Two World Wars: 1914–45 4. North-West Frontiers of India and Pakistan: 1947–2013 5. Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies in North-East India: 1947–2013. Conclusion. Bibliography. About the Author. Index.