Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy Of India's Partition

"Nisid Hajari’s history of the partition of India and Pakistan is clear, well-written and at times gripping. The book focuses on the months leading up to partition and those right after, when the newly founded nations — created in a cauldron of blood — went to war over Kashmir. As Hajari points out, the story has “no easy villains — and few heroes,” but it helps us understand the present by examining the roots of the mistrust between the nuclear-armed nations. Midnight’s Furies provides a fresh and, at under 300 pages, easily digestible take on the pivotal separation."