Line on Fire - Happymon (Associate Professor Jacob - Bog

Using fresh empirical data and oral history evidence, this book explains the causes of ceasefire violations on the J&K border, and establishes a relationship between ceasefire violations and crisis escalation between India and Pakistan. In doing so, the book further nuances the existing arguments about the escalatory dynamics between the two South Asian nuclear rivals. Furthermore, the book explains ceasefire violations using the concept of 'autonomous militaryfactors'