India vs Pakistan: Why Can’t We Just be Friends? by Husain Haqqani who is a Pakistani political author and the former Pakistan Ambassador to the United States, appointed by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani in April 2008.
What stops India and Pakistan from being friends? In this provocative, deeply analysed book, full of riveting revelations and anecdotes, Husain Haqqani, adviser to four Pakistani prime ministers, looks at the key pressure points in the relationship and argues that Pakistan has a pathological obsession with India, which lies at the heart of the problems between the two countries.
Why do Partition, Kashmir, terrorism and the threat of nuclear attack continue to bedevil India-Pakistan relations, jeopardizing all attempts at peace? Husain Haqqani examines these issues, and argues that they reflect a deep-seated psychosis in Pakistan whose idea of nationalism, fuelled by a large and powerful army, now consists largely of fear, suspicion and hatred of India. Honest, insightful and full of new revelations, this riveting book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand India-Pakistan relations.
