The lost rebellion
Material type: TextPublication details: New Delhi Penguin Books 1999Description: 483 p. illISBN: 0-14-027846-XSubject(s): India--Jammu and Kashmir Politics and government InsurgencyDDC classification: 954.6052 Summary: The Lost Rebellion is an acclaimed classic on the rise of Kashmir militancy, which chronicles how a simple call for azadi by bands of disgruntled youth was transformed within a year into a full-scale jihad against India. It dwells at length on Pakistan's proxy war against India, exposes the US position on Kashmir and unsparingly critiques the political bungling and bureaucratic ineptitude that hamstrung the fight against insurgency. This updated edition includes an insightful foreword by Amitabh Mattoo, a new introduction and a detailed aftermath chapter on what has transpired in the new millennium. Manoj Joshi reveals that although violence has come down drastically, there has been no closure to the nearly three-decade-old conflict. The alienation of the Kashmiris has, if anything, grown and is now manifesting itself in violent civil protest. Raw, compelling and meticulously researched, The Lost Rebellion is a riveting account of the human drama that lies at the heart of the crisis that is Kashmir.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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954.6042 NOO/K The Kashmir dispute, 1947-2012 | 954.605 WIR/K Kashmir in the shadow of war : regional rivalries in a nuclear age | 954.6052 IND/F From surprise to reckoning :the Kargil Review Committee report | 954.6052 MAN/L The lost rebellion | 954.6053 MAL/K Kargil from surprise to victory | 954.6053 REK/J.2 Jammu and Kashmir 1990 and beyond: competitive politics in the shadow of seperatism | 954.60532 UNT Until my freedom has come : the new intifada in Kashmir |
The Lost Rebellion is an acclaimed classic on the rise of Kashmir militancy, which chronicles how a simple call for azadi by bands of disgruntled youth was transformed within a year into a full-scale jihad against India. It dwells at length on Pakistan's proxy war against India, exposes the US position on Kashmir and unsparingly critiques the political bungling and bureaucratic ineptitude that hamstrung the fight against insurgency.
This updated edition includes an insightful foreword by Amitabh Mattoo, a new introduction and a detailed aftermath chapter on what has transpired in the new millennium. Manoj Joshi reveals that although violence has come down drastically, there has been no closure to the nearly three-decade-old conflict. The alienation of the Kashmiris has, if anything, grown and is now manifesting itself in violent civil protest.
Raw, compelling and meticulously researched, The Lost Rebellion is a riveting account of the human drama that lies at the heart of the crisis that is Kashmir.
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