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Kargil 1999: Pakistan's Fourth War for Kashmir by Jasjit Singh Review by: Eliot A. Cohen Foreign Affairs, Vol. 79, No. 5 (Sep. - Oct., 2000), p. 136 Published by: Council on Foreign Relations Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20049912 . Accessed: 14/06/2014 09:31 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . Council on Foreign Relations is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Foreign Affairs. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 188.72.126.196 on Sat, 14 Jun 2014 09:31:15 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions

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the latest Indo-Pakistani war?and a

war it most certainly was. Students of

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