War and Secession: Pakistan, India, and the Creation of Bangladesh

by Richard Sisson and Leo E Rose

Book Overview

A decade after the 1971 wars in South Asia, the principal decisionmakers were still uncertain why wars so clearly unwanted had occurred. The authors reconstruct the complex decisionmaking process attending the break-up of Pakistan and the subsequent war between India and Pakistan. Much of their data derive from interviews conducted with principal players in each of the countries immediately involved-Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh-including Indira...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520076656
• ISBN13: 9780520076655
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"