Ian Talbot

As a new civilian government finds its feet following the historic transition of democratic power in Pakistan, it is important to carry out a holistic analysis of the multiple crises plaguing Pakistan.


Reviewed by: Arun Vishwanathan
Penderel Moon

The three and a half years of Lord Wavell’s Viceroyalty from October 1943 to March 1947 was probably the most difficult and momentous period of office that any Viceroy has had to face.


Reviewed by: Uma Iyengar
Biplab Dasgupta and W.O. Morris-Jones

Election behaviour has been taken as an important component of political behaviour and therefore much research attention has been directed towards


Reviewed by: Kuldeep Mathur
B.B. Misra

The behaviour of Indian political parties in pre-independence days is no doubt fascinating, though only of acade­mic interest. If one is to write about events which occurred half a century and more ago, it is inevitable that one must turn to official and other documents to be found in archives, British and Indian…


Reviewed by: K. Rangaswamy
Maya Tudor

Most comparisons of India and Pakistan are defined by which side of the border (or the Line of Control) you are standing on, and are often heavily rhetorically loaded: Pakistan as a failed army-state overrun by radicals and terrorists, India as a corrupt, unmanageable confederacy grappling with poverty and insurgencies.


Reviewed by: A. Gangatharan