Description
Author: Thapa, Deepak
Publisher: Zed Book
Place: London
Cover: stiff wrappers
Condition: Fine
Category: Other 20th Century
Year: 2004
Edition: revised ed.
Size: octavo
Description: xix + 275pp., b/w pls., maps, references, explains the political and social background to the Maoist insurgency that has embroiled Nepal’s government, political parties, king, police and army in conflict against highly motivated guerrilla fighters since 13 February 1996. By early 2003, the rebels had come to threaten the central institutions of the Nepali state. The authors describe how a combination of state neglect, political instability and the growth of radical left politics led to a build up of tensions.