This is a spectacular book. It is empirically rich and theoretically sophisticated. Clary successfully debunks the age-old typification of the India-Pakistan rivalry as an 'unending' conflict. He clearly shows how and why leaders in both South Asian countries made choices about peace-making efforts, not just as a temporary measure between wars, but those with unique motivational characteristics. This excellent book will appeal to not only those interested in the history and politics of South Asia, but to any reader of war and peace in the modern world.
Christopher Clary is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, State University of New York, and a Nonresident Fellow with the South Asia Program of the Stimson Center in Washington, DC. He has held fellowships at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, the RAND Corporation in Washington, D.C., and the Council on Foreign Relations. He previously served in the Office of South and Southeast Asian Affairs of the Office of the Secretary of Defense.