White as the Shroud

‘Essential reading.’ – Asian Affairs‘This region is one of the world’s most volatile flashpoints, where three nuclear powers persistently confront each other. MacDonald has penned a definitive tour de force, helping us to better understand the terrain and region–and why it’s so dangerous.’ – Vipin Narang, Associate Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology‘Myra MacDonald’s narrative about the inhumane and pitiless battlefields in, or involving, disputed Jammu and Kashmir is engrossing. Her highly informative book is invaluable for anyone wanting to understand the dangers and futilities of these heavily militarised and contested areas.’ – Christopher Snedden, author of ‘Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris’‘This essential and hard-hitting book unpacks India and Pakistan’s military contest over remote heights not meant for human survival. Based on extensive travels and immense sensitivity to the human condition at Siachen, MacDonald reminds us how confusing and nebulous such borders truly are.’ – Avinash Paliwal, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, SOAS University of London‘A searching analysis of a little-known war in the Himalayan glaciers. MacDonald’s fresh perspective shows how the national ambitions of India, Pakistan, and China have prolonged a bloody and absurd conflict for more than three decades.’ – Farzana Shaikh, author of ‘Making Sense of Pakistan’

Myra MacDonald is a journalist and author specialising in South Asian politics and security. She was a correspondent for Reuters for nearly thirty years and is the author of the acclaimed ‘Defeat is an Orphan: How Pakistan Lost the Great South Asian War’.