Forget Kathmandu: An Elegy For Democracy

by Manjushree Thapa

Book Overview

In June 2001, the king of Nepal and almost his entire family were massacred. Unrest, simmering over the previous decade, boiled over and pushed the nation into free fall. In 2005, the dead kings brother reinstated monarchy, crushing any hope that parliamentary democracy would flourish in Nepal. A period fraught with uncertainty and intense turmoil ensued: the Maoists waged a bloody Peoples War; the monarchy mounted a bloodier counter-insurgency effort;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9382277005
• ISBN13: 9789382277002
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Aleph Book Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"