Reviews for Uneasy Neighbours: India Pakistan and Us Foreign Policy

The average rating for Uneasy Neighbours: India Pakistan and Us Foreign Policy based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-01-31 00:00:00 James Obrien Probably the worst book in the entire series This is a lazy book, with little good work behind it, and I realized some of it is unreliable. Some I realized right away, and some required some fact checking. Then again, remember one author is a communist, and the other is a worker's advocate, so these perspectives come from the extreme (little bit loony) left The authors wrote what they feel rather than what they know, and failed to do adequate work. It includes such 'gems' as "98% of the borders are international borders" haha, incorrect figures about India's telecom, and flat-out nonsense about radiation, nuclear power and uranium. They frequently (and incorrectly) talk about all the people affected by uranium mines, however, India has only two uranium mines and they were not in the region the authors seem to think they are. (there have been zero in Manipur, despite what the authors say.) There was zero mention of their coal mines, tho there are 6 times as many. Its a pretty silly book ultimately, so there isn't much good in it. It has the feel of shoddy pseudo-academics who don't know what they are talking about, with a mixture of newspaper articles, and scholarly articles as their influences.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-07-06 00:00:00 Dedra Sexton A good introduction to a leftist perspective on Indian politics and International Relations. Takes up topics that are extremely important but not taken up by major political parties and not part of the national narrative. Doesn't bother to explain the criticisms of the core ideas of BJP and the reasons why people resonate with them so much. The right thrives where the left pretends is empty space. Mostly a compilation of the failings of the Indian state, a knee-jerk reaction to which is to indulge in whataboutery or cynicism. Key takeaways: 1) And we as a nation have no sense of scale. Displacement of tribal populations and changes in their entire way of life through coercion by the state trumps every case of communal violence any day. And yet. There are way too many things to care about in India. And we almost always care about the wrong ones. I write this as the SSR (Rest In Power ❤️) case hogs every minute of every day on every news channel. Rhea Chakraborty hogs the greatest space on the screen, serving as soft p*orn for uncles and hate p*orn for aunties, as 116 farmers commit suicide on an average every day. But it's all good. 2) Most geopolitics is countries using Good as a bargaining chip rather than a guiding ideal but that's just how the world order is. Uh. Change the world or something lmao.