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America, India, and Pakistan to the Brink and Back
Brookings Institution Press
February 2013
On Sale: January 29, 2013
220 pages
ISBN: 081572408X
EAN: 9780815724087
Kindle: B00B7M4NKS
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India and Pakistan will be among the most important
countries in the twenty-first
century. In Avoiding Armageddon, Bruce Riedel clearly
explains the challenge and
the importance of successfully managing America's affairs
with these two emerging
powers and their toxic relationship. Born from the British Raj, the two nations share a common
heritage, but they are different in many important ways.
India is already the world's largest democracy and will soon
become the planet's most populous nation. Pakistan, soon to
be the fifth most populous country, has a troubled history
of military coups, dictators, and harboring terrorists such
as Osama bin Laden. The longtime rivals are nuclear powers, with tested weapons.
They have fought four wars
with each other and have gone to the brink of war several
times. Meanwhile, U.S. presidents since Franklin Roosevelt
have been increasingly involved in the region's affairs. In
the past two decades alone, the White House has intervened
several times to prevent nuclear confrontation on the
subcontinent. South Asia clearly is critical to American
national security, and the volatile relationship between
India and Pakistan
is the crucial factor determining whether the region can
ever be safe and stable. Based on extensive research and Riedel's role in advising
four U.S. presidents on the region, Avoiding Armageddon
reviews the history of American diplomacy in South Asia, the
crises that have flared in recent years, and the prospects
for future crisis. Riedel provides an in-depth look at the
Mumbai terrorist attack in 2008, the worst terrorist outrage
since
9/11, and he concludes with authoritative analysis on what
the future is likely to hold
for America and the South Asia puzzle as well as
recommendations on how Washington
should proceed.
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