Paradise Lost. From: The National Interest | Date: December 22, 1999| Author: Rose, Alexander | COPYRIGHT 1999 The National Interest, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The author examines the ongoing war between India and Pakistan over Jammu and Kashmir. Topics include international politics, nuclear weapons, and levels of war.

The Ordeal of Kashmir

IN KASHMIR, this year's "annual spring exercises"--as the more worldly local commentators like to joke--escalated into the most severe and sustained bout of fighting since 1971, when India and Pakistan clashed for the third time since Partition. In the Kargil Mountains, at an altitude o...

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