Defeat is an Orphan

India and Pakistan since their nuclear tests are the subject of Defeat is an Orphan, journalist Myra Macdonald's account of how strategy, nationalism and miscalculation have shaped the rivalry. Macdonald, who reported on South Asia for years, works through the events that hardened positions on both sides, among them the Kargil conflict and cross-border militancy, and traces the decisions behind them rather than simply listing outcomes. The analysis is sober and evidence-led, drawing on reporting and interviews, and it is as interested in domestic political pressures as in the military balance itself. The short version: • Non-fiction study of India-Pakistan relations and the strategic balance • Covers the Kargil conflict and the role of cross-border militancy • Written by a journalist with long field experience in South Asia • Issued under the Viking imprint Students of international relations, journalists and general readers following South Asian affairs will find this Penguin Publications title useful; order it at Boipoka.