The issues concerning the Partition of India in 1947 have long been debated both by Indian and Pakistani historians, but now a leader directly responsible for the Defence and Foreign Affairs of India has come forward with a historical appraisal that helps both countries come to a better understanding of the contentions between them. Jaswant Singh has not written a hagiography of Jinnah,but focused on him as a key figure in the final deliberations preceding Independence. INDICE: List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: A Complex Opening; 1.: India and Islam; 2.: Jenabhai to Jinnah: The Journey; 3.: The Turbulent Twenties; 4.: Sharpening Focus-Narrowing Options; 5.: A Short Decade-A Long End Game; 6.: Sunset of the Empire-'Post-dated Cheque on a Collapsing Bank'; 7.: A War of Succession-Diverging Paths; 8.: Stymied Negotiations?; 9.: Mountbatten Viceroyalty: The End of the Raj; 10.: Pakistan: Birth-Independence: The Quaid-i-Azam's Last Journey; 11.: In Retrospect; Appendices; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-547927-0
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 565
- Fecha Publicación: 04/03/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés