Asian frontiers : studies in a continuing problem

A large number of the problems of inter national relations in Asia today derive from or are related to disputes over boundaries and frontier tracts. In the vast majorit of cases, these disputes have their origin in or before the period of colonial domination of the Asian continent.

The nature of such disputes, their back ground, their history and the pattern ci their evolution, are the subject of Dr Lamb's study. The regions covered include Iran, Afghani stan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, North and South Vietnam, China, Mongolia and the Asian re publics of the Soviet Union. Major problems -such as Kashmir, the Sino-Indian crisis and the Sino-Soviet border-are discussed in some detail; and the Vietnam question is ex amined within the context of the colonial partition of mainland South-east Asia and its consequences.

In addition to these great issues, Dr Lamb analyses a wide range of minor boundary questions (for example, the Pakistan-Iran and the Pakistan-Burma borders) on which very little has yet been published. His book is an invaluable work of reference for all who are interested in the basic problems of inter national relations in Asia today.