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Fragile Frontiers: The Secret History of Mumbai Terror Attacks
Fragile Frontiers: The Secret History of Mumbai Terror Attacks is an investigative yet interesting book by Indian writer Saroj Kumar Rath, published by Routledge Publication in August 2014. The book is an intriguing and analytical description on terrorism in South Asia, centering on the diabolic Mumbai Attacks conspiracy.

India and Pakistan, South Asia’s estranged twins decided to end their umbilical connections during the midnight hours of August 14, 1947 and immediately descended into anarchy, mayhem and war. During the ensuing 52 years, both countries fought four conventional wars, which decisively established India’s military supremacy. A disgruntled Pakistan conjured up novel methods to destabilize India through surrogate and mercenary fighters, notoriously known as ‘proxy wars’. India’s traditional non-confrontational and compromising terror policies resulted in towering human casualties, which subsequently culminated in more lethal and devastating attacks as in Mumbai.

The Mumbai attacks of 2008 were first of its kind where a mere handful of terrorists took 18 million inhabitants of the megacity, one provincial government (Maharashtra) and a full-fledged federal government (Union of India) to ransom ‘for three long days’. In a meticulously hatched plan, prepared inside the safe walls of Rawalpindi, the ISI Directorate had recruited, indoctrinated, trained, financed and infiltrated LeT terrorists into India through the uncommon and unsuspected sea routes. Veils behind the Mumbai conspiracy mystery removed rather soon, which were far more scintillating than what the normal eyes could meet. Fragile Frontiers illustrates the cascade of events that made Mumbai attacks inevitable and reveals the secret behind its structure, motives, purpose and the complicated aftermath. With captivating details and witty analysis, Saroj Kumar Rath relates Mumbai attacks to the ISI’s grand plan; South Asia’s regional dynamics of antagonism; the strife in Afghanistan; and the self-serving selective US ‘war on terrorism’. The author’s portrayal of India’s law enforcing, judicial, and political inertia along with the ineptitude intellectual and moral turpitude is rather simple while the inquiry on all-round political deception is complicated yet convincing.

Reviews of Fragile Frontiers

''=== ‘Saroj Kumar Rath’s Fragile Frontiers stands head and shoulders above other books on the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Despite his thorough research the intimate details and his easy style make this book read like a thriller. But the seriousness of the facts about the terrorists’ strength and India’s unpreparedness that he has unearthed makes it compulsory reading for anybody interested in India’s security.’ === ''— Nayan Chanda, Editor-in-chief, YaleGlobal Online and author of Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers and Warriors Shaped Globalization, Yale University, New Haven

''‘Saroj Kumar Rath is that rare breed of thinker who combines the capacity to capture the details and immediacy of a significant event the way a journalist can, but who can analyze and assess that event's importance, both nationally and geopolitically, only the way a seasoned analyst and academic can. In this book, he has brought new and compelling insight into the Mumbai massacre.’''— David Plott, Managing Editor, Global Asia, Seoul

''‘In Fragile Frontiers, Saroj Kumar Rath painstakingly reconstructs the tumultuous days of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, from its initial stages to the attack itself to the highly publicized trial. He cuts through the confusion and misreporting to deliver a clear and sobering look at one of the major geopolitical events of the new century, making it essential reading for scholars and the policy community.’''— Anand Gopal, Bernard L. Schwartz Fellow, New America Foundation, Washington DC, Formerly with The Wall Street Journal

''‘Saroj Kumar Rath has ventured into the tricky territory of contemporary history and the even trickier field of terrorism in this account of Mumbai attacks of 2008. Fragile Frontiers will attract debate, vigorous discussion and no doubt disagreement on both the causes of terrorism and the specific motivations that led to the Mumbai attacks.’''— David Walker, Eminent Historian and Chair of Australian Studies, Peking University, Beijing

About the Author Saroj Kumar Rath is Assistant Professor of History, Department of History, Sri Aurobindo College (Eve), University of Delhi, India.

About the Book Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Routledge India (8 August 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 113879077X ISBN-13: 978-1138790773 Product Dimensions: 22.2 x 14.6 x 2.4 cm