Understanding the India-China Border: The Enduring Threat of War in High Himalaya

by Manoj Joshi

In the summer of 2020, China and India came near to war. The nuclear-armed adversaries both massed troops and equipment along their disputed border in eastern Ladakh. The two sides slugged it out with fists, stones and clubs, next to a fast-flowing Himalayan stream, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries, many from hypothermia.

The entire 4,000-kilometre Sino-Indian boundary is disputed. In 1962, the two countries fought a short and vicious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178738540X
• ISBN13: 9781787385405
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Hurst & Co.
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.6"