MacDonald, Myra,  <br/><br/>
Defeat is an orphan :  how Pakistan lost the great South Asian war / 
 How Pakistan lost the great South Asian war 
Myra MacDonald. 
 - London :  Hurst & Company,  2017. 
 - x, 313 pages ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Prologue: The spider's web -- Settling a score: from 1947 to the nuclear tests -- "A brilliant tactical operation": Pakistan's defeat in the Kargil War of 1999 -- The general and the poet: from the Kargil War to the Agra summit -- The assassins from afar: Pakistan and Afghanistan -- "Somebody's going to pay": from the September 11 attacks to the end of 2001 -- The attack on the Indian Parliament: the trial of Afzal Guru -- Pursuit of valour: the India-Pakistan military standoff, 2001-2002 -- In the name of the people: a short history of the Kashmir dispute from 1846 to state elections in 2002 -- The noble lie: the India-Pakistan peace talks, 2001-2007 -- War by other means: the attack on Mumbai -- Anatomy of murder: Pakistan's relationship with its north-west frontier, 1947-2011 -- Pursuit of parity: the closing years -- Epilogue: A jaw for a tooth. 
<br/><br/> Tracks the defining episodes in the relationship between India and Pakistan since 1998. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780670089437 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>2000-2099  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nuclear weapons -- Pakistan.<br/>Nuclear weapons -- India.<br/>Diplomatic relations. <br/>Nuclear weapons. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Pakistan -- Foreign relations -- India.<br/>India -- Foreign relations -- Pakistan.<br/>Pakistan -- History -- 21st century.<br/>India -- History -- 21st century.<br/>India. <br/>Pakistan. 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History. 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>355.0217095491  / MAC [ Shelf 76 ]