{"product_id":"midnights-furies-the-deadly-legacy-of-indias-partition-paperback","title":"Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNisid Hajari\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn NPR Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam E. Colby Award Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A beautifully written, deeply intelligent book about [a] crucial moment.\" -- Fareed Zakaria, CNN\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nobody expected the liberation of India and birth of Pakistan to be so violent--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 \u003cem\u003eMidnight's Furies\u003c\/em\u003e lays out the searing truth about one of the world's most momentous and least understood tragedies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Fast-moving and highly readable . . . The story of what happens when a composite society comes apart.\" -- \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Makes the complex and tragic story of the great divide into a page-turner.\" -- \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Engaging and incisive . . . Hajari writes with grace, precision, and an unerring eye for detail. \u003cem\u003eMidnight's Furies \u003c\/em\u003eis the best of recent offerings.\" -- \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfew bloody months in South Asia during the summer of 1947 explainthe world that troubles us today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nobody expected the liberation of India and birth of Pakistan to be so violent it was supposed to be an answer to the dreams of Muslims and Hindus who had been ruled by the British for centuries. Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhi s protege and the political leader of India, believed Indians were an inherently nonviolent, peaceful people. Pakistan s founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, was a secular lawyer, not a firebrand. But in August 1946, exactly a year before Independence, Calcutta erupted in street-gang fighting. A cycle of riots targeting Hindus, then Muslims, then Sikhs spiraled out of control. As the summer of 1947 approached, all three groups were heavily armed and on edge, 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, carving a divide between India and Pakistan that remains a root cause of many evils. From jihadi terrorism to nuclear proliferation, the searing tale told in\u003ci\u003e Midnight s Furies\u003c\/i\u003e informs all too many of today s headlines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nisid Hajari builds his revelatory history on major new sources, including never-before-tapped intelligence reports, diplomatic records, and firsthand accounts, as well as deep archival research. \u003ci\u003eMidnight s Furies\u003c\/i\u003e offers a dramatic, gripping account of one of the world s most volatile regions in the crucible of epochal change.\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn NPR Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam E. Colby Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eMidnight s Furies\u003c\/i\u003e lays out the searing truth about one of the world s most momentous and least understood tragedies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fast-moving and highly readable . . . The story of what happens when a composite society comes apart. \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Makes the complex and tragic story of the great divide into a page-turner. \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Engaging and incisive . . . Hajari writes with grace, precision, and an unerring eye for detail. \u003ci\u003eMidnight s Furies \u003c\/i\u003eis the best of recent offerings. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNisid Hajari \u003c\/b\u003ewrites about Asian politics, history, and economics for the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eBloomberg View\u003c\/i\u003e. He led international coverage at \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e for more than a decade and is a regular commentator on foreign affairs for the BBC, CNN, and NPR.\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNISID HAJARI writes about Asian politics, history, and economics for the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eBloomberg View\u003c\/i\u003e. 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