A region in turmoil South Asian conflicts since 1947
South Asia has been the setting for some of the century's most violent invasions, the Western world's bloodiest defeats, and a volatile geopolitical brew of religions, ethnicities, and nationalism that sends unsettling ripples through the global balance of power even today. Rob Johnson wri...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Reaktion Books
2005.
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| Colección: | Contemporary worlds.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009436337506719 |
| Sumario: | South Asia has been the setting for some of the century's most violent invasions, the Western world's bloodiest defeats, and a volatile geopolitical brew of religions, ethnicities, and nationalism that sends unsettling ripples through the global balance of power even today. Rob Johnson writes here the engrossing history of the individual conflicts that have engulfed the states of South Asia during the last half century. A Region in Turmoil offers a new perspective on the area, drawing together the conflicts of South Asia and examining them in local and global contexts, from the end of the West |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781282263741 9786612263743 9781861894205 |
