Examines the peace processes in Israel-Palestine, Kashmir, Bosnia, Cyprus, and Sri Lanka for an answer. This work explains why these lands became zones of zero-sum conflict and tackles the question of how durable peace can be achieved. It illuminates how chronic confrontation can yield to compromise and coexistence in the world's troubled regions.
The search for durable peace in lands torn by ethno-national conflict is among the most urgent issues shaping our global future. Looking at contemporary peace processes in Israel-Palestine, Kashmir, Bosnia, Cyprus, and Sri Lanka, Bose addresses questions of how peace can be made, and kept, between warring groups with seemingly incompatible claims.
An authoritative, fresh, and vividly written account of the Kashmir conflict- from 1947 to the present