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“christopher snedden”

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  • The Untold Story of the People of Azad Kashmir

    by Christopher Snedden ...
    Azad (Free) Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is that part of Kashmir occupied by Pakistan, separated by a Line of Control from Indian territory. This book is a rarity: it offers a fresh interpretive history of the largely forgotten four million people of Azad Kashmir. The author contends that in October 1947, pro-Pakistan Muslims in south-western J&K instigated the Kashmir dispute—not Pashtun tribesmen ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Independent Kashmir

    An incomplete aspiration

    by Christopher Snedden ...
    Many disenchanted Kashmiris continue to demand independence or freedom from India. Written by a leading authority on Kashmir’s troubled past, this book revisits the topic of independence for the region (also known as Jammu and Kashmir, or J&K), and explores exactly why this aspiration has never been fulfilled. In a rare India-Pakistan agreement, they concur that neither J&K, nor any part of it, ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris

    by Christopher Snedden ...
    In 1846, the British created the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) - popularly called "Kashmir" - and then quickly sold this prized region to the wily and powerful Raja, Gulab Singh. Intriguingly, had they retained it, the India-Pakistan dispute over possession of the state may never have arisen, but Britain's concerns lay elsewhere -- expansionist Russia, beguiling Tibet and unstable China ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

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  • India and Pakistan

    Continued Conflict or Cooperation?

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    Beginning in 1947, when "India and Pakistan were born to conflict," renowned India scholar Stanley Wolpert provides an authoritative, accessible primer on what is potentially the world's most dangerous crisis. He concisely distills sixty-three years of complex history, tracing the roots of the relationship between these two antagonists, explaining the many attempts to resolve their disputes, and ... Read more

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  • Pakistan

    A Hard Country

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  • The Pakistan Paradox

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