The South Asia Papers: A Critical Anthology of Writings by Stephen Philip Cohen
Stephen Philip Cohen, the scholar who virtually created the field of South Asian security studies, has curated a unique collection of the most interesting and important articles, chapters, and speeches from his fifty-year career. Cohen, often described as the “dean” of U.S. South Asian studies, is a dominant figure in the fields of military history, military sociology, and South Asia’s strategic emergence.

This exceptional collection includes material that have never appeared in book form, including Cohen’s original essays on the region’s military history, the transition from British rule to independence, the role of the armed forces in India and Pakistan, the pathologies of India-Pakistan relations, South Asia’s growing nuclear arsenal, and America’s fitful (and forgetful) regional policy. These original writings show how Cohen developed a still-relevant theory of regional conflict, and how his views evolved over the years—tracking the development of South Asian security studies.
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The South Asia Papers: A Critical Anthology of Writings by Stephen Philip Cohen
Stephen Philip Cohen, the scholar who virtually created the field of South Asian security studies, has curated a unique collection of the most interesting and important articles, chapters, and speeches from his fifty-year career. Cohen, often described as the “dean” of U.S. South Asian studies, is a dominant figure in the fields of military history, military sociology, and South Asia’s strategic emergence.

This exceptional collection includes material that have never appeared in book form, including Cohen’s original essays on the region’s military history, the transition from British rule to independence, the role of the armed forces in India and Pakistan, the pathologies of India-Pakistan relations, South Asia’s growing nuclear arsenal, and America’s fitful (and forgetful) regional policy. These original writings show how Cohen developed a still-relevant theory of regional conflict, and how his views evolved over the years—tracking the development of South Asian security studies.
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The South Asia Papers: A Critical Anthology of Writings by Stephen Philip Cohen

The South Asia Papers: A Critical Anthology of Writings by Stephen Philip Cohen

by Stephen P. Cohen The Brookings Institution
The South Asia Papers: A Critical Anthology of Writings by Stephen Philip Cohen

The South Asia Papers: A Critical Anthology of Writings by Stephen Philip Cohen

by Stephen P. Cohen The Brookings Institution

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Stephen Philip Cohen, the scholar who virtually created the field of South Asian security studies, has curated a unique collection of the most interesting and important articles, chapters, and speeches from his fifty-year career. Cohen, often described as the “dean” of U.S. South Asian studies, is a dominant figure in the fields of military history, military sociology, and South Asia’s strategic emergence.

This exceptional collection includes material that have never appeared in book form, including Cohen’s original essays on the region’s military history, the transition from British rule to independence, the role of the armed forces in India and Pakistan, the pathologies of India-Pakistan relations, South Asia’s growing nuclear arsenal, and America’s fitful (and forgetful) regional policy. These original writings show how Cohen developed a still-relevant theory of regional conflict, and how his views evolved over the years—tracking the development of South Asian security studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780815734383
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 04/12/2016
Pages: 398
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Stephen Philip Cohen is a senior fellow in the India Project within the Foreign Policy program at Brookings. He joined Brookings after a career as a professor of political science and history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he created the world’s first program devoted to South Asian security studies. He was a member of Secretary of State George Shultz’s policy planning staff during the Reagan administration between 1985 and 1987. In 2004 he was named by the World Affairs Councils of America as one of America’s 500 Most Influential People in the area of foreign policy.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Acknowledgments xi

1 Approaching India's Military and Security Policy, with a Detour through Disaster Studies 1

2 Rulers and Priests: A Study of Cultural Control 25

3 Issue, Role, and Personality: The Kitchener-Curzon Dispute 46

4 Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army 65

5 The Untouchable Soldier: Caste, Politics, and the Indian Army 85

6 The Military in Indira Gandhi's India 103

7 Toward a Great State in Asia? 129

8 The State Is Dead: Long Live the Armed Ethnic Group 151

9 Solving Proliferation Problems in a Regional Context: South Asia 160

10 State Building in Pakistan 188

11 The Jihadist Threat to Pakistan 220

12 India and Pakistan: The Armed Forces 240

13 Kashmir: The Roads Ahead 254

14 The Reagan Administration and India: Right for the Right Reasons? 270

15 The Critical Dimensions of a Possible U.S. Strategic Partnership with India 282

16 How a Botched U.S. Alliance Fed Pakistan's Crisis 292

Epilogue 303

Notes 321

Index 367

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