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9780415927123

War at the Top of the World

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415927123

  • ISBN10:

    0415927129

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-03-01
  • Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

In War at the Top of the World veteran foreign correspondent Eric Margolis presents a revelatory history of the complicated and volatile conflicts that entangle one of the most beautiful and remote parts of the world.

Table of Contents

Introduction v
Part One The Great Jihad
Soldiers of Allah
2(8)
The Bravest Men on Earth
10(16)
Dodge City Meets the Arabian Nights
26(6)
Fadil the Kurd
32(6)
The Secret War
38(18)
Part Two Kashmir---War in Paradise
Prologue
54(2)
The Kingdom of Sikander
56(15)
Revolt in the Mountains
71(15)
The Afghani
86(9)
Deconstructing South Asia
95(6)
The World's Most Dangerous Border
101(11)
Paradise Lost
112(8)
Part Three War in the Death Zone
The Road to Siachen
120(16)
Musa the Warrior
136(18)
The Hatred of Brothers
154(26)
Part Four The Rood of the World
The Forbidden Kingdom
180(12)
India Awakes
192(17)
The Clash of Titans
209(8)
China Under Siege
217(9)
The Fate of Asia
226(15)
Index 241

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