Traces the history of India since the Partition in 1947, and analyzes the current political situation and India's future

India: The Siege Within: Challenges to a Nation's Unity

History

Akbar, M.J.

Asia

Penguin??Books

Looks at the social and cultural background and public and private lives of the Indian prime minister

Nehru: The Making of India

Biographies & Memoirs

The Shade of Swords

The Shade of Swords is the first cohesive history of Jihad, written by one of India's leading journalists and writers. In this paperback edition, updated to show how and why Saddam Hussein repositioned himself as a Jihadi against America, M.J. Akbar explains the struggle between Islam and Christianity. Placing recent events in a historical context, he tackles the tricky question of what now for Jihad following the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime. With British and American troops in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and once again in Iraq, the potential for Jihadi recruitment is ever increasing. Explaining how Jihad thrives on complex and shifting notions of persecution, victory and sacrifice, and illustrating how Muslims themselves have historically tried both to direct and control the phenomenon of Jihad, Akbar shows how Jihad pervades the mind and soul of Islam, revealing its strength and significance. To know the future, one needs to understand the past. M.J. Akbar's The Shade of Swords holds the key.

The Shade of Swords: Jihad and the Conflict between Islam and Christianity

World

Routledge

Military

A political and personal biography of Nehru to be published before the 100th anniversary of his birth in November 1989, by a major Indian journalist.

Nehru : The Making of India

Leaders & Notable People

Viking Adult

The Shade of Swords: Jihad and the Conflict Between Islam and Christianity

Chingari: Pakistan Ka Atit Aur Bhavishya (Hindi Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Harperhindi

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