Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition
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Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition by Nisid Hajari
An NPR Book of the YearA Seattle Times Book of the Year
William E. Colby Award Winner
Nobody expected the liberation of India and birth of Pakistan to be soviolent it was supposed to be an answer to the dreams of Muslims and Hindus who had been ruled by the British for more than a century.But as the summer of 1947 approached, Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs were heavily armed and on edge after a year of riots and gang fighting, and the British rushed to leave. Hell broke loose. Trains carried Muslims west and Hindus east to their slaughter. Some of the most brutal and widespread ethnic cleansing in modern history erupted on both sides of the new border, searing a divide between India and Pakistan that remains a root cause of many of today s most menacing security threats, from jihadi terrorism to nuclear proliferation. Based on major new sources, Nisid Hajari s revelatory Midnight s Furies lays out the searing truth about one of the world s most momentous and least understood tragedies.
Fast-moving and highly readable . . . The story of what happens when a composite society comes apart. New York Times Book Review
Makes the complex and tragic story of the great divide into a page-turner. Guardian
Engaging and incisive . . . Hajari writes with grace, precision, and an unerring eye for detail. Midnight s Furies is the best of recent offerings. Wall Street Journal
Nisid Hajari writes about Asian politics, history, and economics for the editorial board of Bloomberg View. He led international coverage at Newsweek for more than a decade and is a regular commentator on foreign affairs for the BC, CN, and NPR.
Hajari, Nisid: - NISID HAJARI is the Asia editor for Bloomberg View. Prior to Bloomberg, he spent a decade at Newsweek as Asia editor, foreign editor, and eventually coeditor at the top of the masthead. He has appeared frequently as a commentator on foreign affairs on NPR, NBC, and CNN, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780547669212 |
| ISBN 10 | 0547669216 |
| Title | Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition |
| Author | Nisid Hajari |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
| Year published | 2015-06-09 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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