Title The defiant border : the Afghan-Pakistan borderlands in the era of decolonization, 1936-1965 / Elisabeth Leake

Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 259 pages) Series Cambridge studies in US foreign relations Cambridge studies in US foreign relations. Contents Introduction: "A doughty & honorable opponent" -- "Using a Crowbar to Swat Wasps" : The Frontier Tribal Area in Imperial Defense -- The "Opening of Sluice Gates" : Plan Partition and the Frontier -- "We are One People and Ours is a Land" : The Demand for Pashtunistan, 1948-1952 -- A "Friendly Point of Return" : Pakistan and the Global Cold War -- An "Eye for an Eye" : Mohammad Ayub Khan and the Collapse of Regional Relations -- Conclusion: "Religion, Land, Lineage, and Honour" : The Afghan-Pakistan Borderlands Then and Now Summary The Defiant Border explores why the Afghan-Pakistan borderlands have remained largely independent of state controls from the colonial period into the twenty-first century. This book looks at local Pashtun tribes' modes for evading first British colonial, then Pakistani, governance; the ongoing border dispute between Pakistan and Afghanistan; and continuing interest in the region from Indian, US, British, and Soviet actors. It reveals active attempts by first British, then Pakistani, agents to integrate the tribal region, ranging from development initiatives to violent suppression. The Defiant Border also considers the area's influence on relations between Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India, as well as its role in the United States' increasingly global Cold War policies. Ultimately, the book considers how a region so peripheral to major centers of power has had such an impact on political choices throughout the eras of empire, decolonization, and superpower competition, up to the so-called 'war on terror' Notes Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Jan 2017) Subject Borderlands -- Afghanistan -- History -- 20th century Borderlands -- Pakistan -- History -- 20th century Decolonization -- South Asia -- History -- 20th century Pushtuns -- History -- 20th century World politics -- 1933-1945. World politics -- 1945-1989. Borderlands Decolonization International relations Politics and government Pushtuns World politics SUBJECT Afghanistan -- Relations -- Pakistan Pakistan -- Relations -- Afghanistan Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 20th century Pakistan -- Politics and government -- 20th century Subject Afghanistan Pakistan South Asia Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781316421932 1316421937

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