Book Review: War at the Top of the World, Eric S. Margolis (Routledge, 2001)

This book is a gripping, revelatory explanation of what is going on at the 'top of the world', the moutainous regions that incorporate Afghanistan, Kashmir and Tibet, an area that includes various conflicts, open and underhand, between regional superpowers such as China, India, Russia and Pakistan.

It is all the more remarkable in that it was published before 9/11 yet presages many of the events of the past 5 years. My copy arrived at Exeter Central Library in 2001 and the first stamp at the front states 27 SEP 2001, which means it went out on 6 September, 2001, just 5 days before 9/11.