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Gambling with Violence

State Outsourcing of War in Pakistan and India

Gambling with Violence( )
Author: Biberman, Yelena
Series title:Modern South Asia Ser.
ISBN:978-0-19-092996-1
Publication Date:Jul 2019
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $160.00
Book Description:

Gambling with Violence tackles a global problem that is particularly consequential for Pakistan and India: state outsourcing of violence to ordinary civilians, criminals, and ex-insurgents. Drawing on over 200 interviews, archival research, and fieldwork conducted in Islamabad, Srinagar, New Delhi, Dhaka, Diyarbakir, Ankara, Moscow, London, and Washington, D.C., this book introduces the "balance-of-interests" thesis to deepen our understanding of state-nonstate alliances in civil war....
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Book Details
Pages:240
Detailed Subjects: History / Military / Revolutions & Wars Of Independence
Political Science / International Relations / General
History / Military / Civil Wars
Political Science / World / Asian
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.318 x 9.243 x 0.702 Inches
Book Weight:1.065 Pounds



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