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ISBN: 9780415476225
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Price: $18.29 / Rs1,536.00
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Hardback
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ARMED CONFLICTS IN SOUTH ASIA 2008
GROWING VIOLENCE
by D. SUBA CHANDRAN, P.R. CHARI
Publication Date: 2008
Extent: 280 pages
The Book:
This book examines the major armed conflicts in South Asia — in India (with special reference to the Northeast, Jammu & Kashmir and the Naxalites), Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. Designed as an annual series, the articles cover a set of issues across volumes. Each article provides a brief historical sketch of the emergence of armed conflict and outlines its various phases. The roles, objectives and strategies of the major state, non-state and international actors are critically evaluated.
The Author:
D. Suba Chandran is Assistant Director, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi. His primary area of research includes Pakistan’s internal security, in particular Balochistan, FATA and Northern Areas. He also works on Kashmir, terrorism, particularly Suicide Terrorism. P. R. Chari is currently Research Professor, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi. He is a former member of the Indian Administrative Service (1960 batch/Madhya Pradesh cadre). He served in several senior positions in the Central and State Governments, and sought voluntary retirement in 1992 after 32 years in the government. He was Director of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi (1975–80), International Fellow, Centre for International Affairs, Harvard University (1983–84), Visiting Fellow, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1998), and currently is Research Professor at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS).
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