Autorentext

Saroj Kumar Rath has written extensively on the history of Afghanistan's responses to the world. His prize-winning history Fragile Frontiers: The Secret History of Mumbai Terror Attacks (2014) has been used as course material at leading universities in Europe, Asia, and America. A specialist in South Asia's security history, he teaches at the University of Delhi.

Klappentext

This book is a searing history of Indo-Afghan relations. It looks at how Afghanistan was once the heartland of India but is reduced now to a troubled cousin in the contemporary era.

Inhalt

Foreword by Professor P. Radhakrishnan

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

1 Explaining Ancient Connection

2 The Contested Histories: Journeying Through the Ages

3 Special Symmetry in the Modern Era

4 Testing Time for Perpetual Friendship

5 The Dimensions of Choices in Bilateral Relations

6 Navigating the Chessboard in the 21st Century

7 From Grandeur and Glory to an Oscillating Bond

Bibliography

Index