Diplomatic Divide - Hardcover

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Diplomatic Divide is the first volume of a publishinginitiative entitled Cross-border Talks which attempts to provide a new forum todebate the issues that divide India and Pakistan. An overview of bilateralrelations by two senior retired diplomats who have served as ambassadors to eachother's countries, the canvas the book paints is vast, stretching from the early1980s to the present day. It covers the end of the Cold War, the liberalizationof world trade, the growth of fundamentalism and a revolution incommunications. The two accounts provide first-hand impressions of prime movers-Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, General Zia ul Haq, BenazirBhutto, Nawaz Sharif and General Musharraf - as well as descriptions ofsignificant episodes: hijacks by Kashmiri separatists, India's Punjab crisis,'Operation Brass Tacks', Vajpayee's bus Yatra to Lahore, the Kargilconfrontation and the Agra Summit. Thoughtful and insightful Diplomatic Divide attempts to bridge the divide.

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