{"product_id":"india-pakistan-relations-1947-2007-a-documentary-study-in-ten-volumes","title":"India - Pakistan Relations 1947-2007: A Documentary Study in Ten Volumes","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Avtar Singh Bhasin\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s)\/ Editors(s): Avtar Singh Bhasin\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Geetika Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2012\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 9062\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9789381417027\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Birth of Pakistan was a unique occurrence in History. It split a country, its people, its landmass, and its bounty; the linkages built over centuries vanished overnight. Roads and railroads were cut, rivers and streams divided, assets and liabilities apportioned, civil and defense services split. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA single trading mart, where goods and services flowed freely, suddenly found itself split into two with tariff, non-tariff and immigration barriers. It was a great exercises in splitting an ancient civilization, a composite culture, a shared inheritance, all that constituted a nation and its wealth History was made to stand on its head. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePakistan, spread over two wings separated by over one thousand miles, was an artificial state. The majority of its people lived in the eastern wing but the centre of political power was in the western wing, making the majority subservient to the minority. The language of the majority was denied an honorable place; and given an iniquitous share in the power structure and resources. Dissatisfaction in the East against the Western wing was inevitable. It was only when the east consolidated its numbers, and challenged the West’s monopoly of power at the centre, that the West was shaken out of its wits. What followed is history, as they say.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe partition was an opportunity for the two newly-born countries to go their own ways and build egalitarian societies, growing together and complementing each other. Unfortunately Pakistan, unable to transcend the two-nation theory, kept alive the animosities of the past and added fresh ones. They bogey of Indian hegemony was constructed and an anti-India bias was created. The democratic aspirations of its people remained constrained. The feeling of insecurity that it created for itself and its people drove Pakistan to seek security from sources, which exploited it for their own strategic needs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis vitiated the politics of the sub-continent and brought the cold war to its door step. Obsession with Kashmir drove Pakistan to an uncompromising confrontation with India, which proved disastrous for its socio-political growth and economic development Massive foreign involvement including in Pakistan’s militarization encouraged lopsided growth leading to an overwhelming role and influence of the military establishment in its society. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe present study is the Saga of these pernicious developments which after more than six decades of the post-colonial history, have made South Asia among the Most volatile regions in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVOLUME 1\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003eSection : 1 – Political 1947-54\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME 2\u003cbr\u003ePolitical 1955-69\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME 3\u003cbr\u003ePolitical 1970 – 1974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME 4\u003cbr\u003ePolitical 1975- 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME 5\u003cbr\u003ePolitical 1990 – 2007\u003cbr\u003eSection : 2 – No War Declaration\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME 6 \u003cbr\u003eSection : 3 – Defense Issues\u003cbr\u003eSection : 4 – Nuclear\u003cbr\u003eSection : 5 – Junagadh\u003cbr\u003eSection : 6 – Kashmir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME 7\u003cbr\u003eSection : 7 – Kutch\u003cbr\u003eSection : 8 – Canal\/Indus Waters\u003cbr\u003eSection : 9 – Eastern Waters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME 8\u003cbr\u003eSection : 10 – Trade and Commerce\u003cbr\u003eSection : 11 – India-East Pakistan Border\u003cbr\u003eSection : 12 – India-West Pakistan Border\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME 9\u003cbr\u003eSection : 13 – Minorities\u003cbr\u003eSection : 14 – Evacuee Property\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME 10\u003cbr\u003eSection : 15 – Financial Issues\u003cbr\u003eSection : 16 – Passport \u0026amp; Visa\u003cbr\u003eSection : 17 – Miscellaneous\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Avtar Singh Bhasin \/ Geetika Publishers \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153535463792,"sku":"32593","price":1750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/32593.jpg?v=1793910818","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/india-pakistan-relations-1947-2007-a-documentary-study-in-ten-volumes","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}