Description
Product ID: | 9781788731454 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Burning Forest |
Subtitle: | India’s War Against the Maoists |
Authors: | Author: Nandini Sundar |
Page Count: | 432 |
Subjects: | Indigenous peoples, Indigenous peoples, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Marxism & Communism, India, c 2000 to c 2010 |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The war between Maoists and the state in the heart of India An empathetic, moving account of what drives indigenous peasants to support armed struggle despite severe state repression, including lives lost, and homes and communities destroyed Over the past decade, the heavily forested, mineral-rich region of Bastar in central India has emerged as one of the most militarized sites in the country. The government calls the Maoist insurgency the “biggest security threat” to India. In 2005, a state-sponsored vigilante movement, the Salwa Judum, burned hundreds of villages, driving their inhabitants into state-controlled camps, drawing on counterinsurgency techniques developed in Malaysia, Vietnam and elsewhere. Apart from rapes and killings, hundreds of “surrendered” Maoist sympathizers were conscripted as auxiliaries. The conflict continues to this day, taking a toll on the lives of civilians, security forces and Maoist cadres. |
Imprint Name: | Verso Books |
Publisher Name: | Verso Books |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2019-04-09 |