| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 111.1

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Pradeep P. Barua. The State at War in South Asia. (Studies in War, Society and the Military.) Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. 2005. Pp. xvi, 437. $65.00.
The literature on war and state-making in South Asia is exiguous. The paucity of literature on the subject constitutes a significant anomaly given the long history of conflict and violence in the region. Located between Central and Southeast Asia, the region has witnessed an extraordinary number of invasions, the ebb and flow of major empires, and much internecine conflict within its domain. The latter half of the twentieth century, following the end of British colonial rule, failed to see wars and conflict end. On the contrary, the two successor states to the British Indian empire, India and Pakistan, fought four wars in 1947–1948, 1965, 1971, and 1999. Additionally, India was the victim of Chinese communist aggression along its Himalayan frontier in 1962.	1
Apart from these interstate conflicts, the region has experienced a range of insurrections, secessionist movements, and terrorist threats. India, the largest state in the region, faces a substantial number of ethnic secessionist movements, Pakistan has been wracked with widespread intrareligious violence, both Sri Lanka and Nepal remained mired in civil wars, and Bangladesh is facing rising tides of religious violence.	. . .

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