- Dragon Fire (novel)
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Dragon Fire 
Author(s) Humphrey Hawksley Country United Kingdom Language English Genre(s) Political thriller, War novel Publisher Pan Macmillan Publication date 24 August 2000 Media type Print (Paperback, Hardcover) Pages 200 (paperback), 384 (hardcover) ISBN ISBN 0-330-39156-9 (Paperback), ISBN 0-333-78595-9 (Hardcover) OCLC Number 47726246 Preceded by Dragon Strike Dragon Fire is a 2000 novel by BBC political and foreign correspondent Humphrey Hawksley about a 2007 war between China, India and Pakistan, which draws in Australia, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Tibet, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and threatens to escalate to nuclear war.
While a work of fiction, the novel attempts to raise awareness of real geopolitical issues in the region.
Contents
Plot introduction
The novel is set against a backdrop of several real-world sources of tension in South Asia, all of which the author had familiarised himself with through his journalistic work.
Plot summary
This novel gives us nightmare scenarios where the world's worst fears begin on 1000 on 3rd May 2007. A SFF(Special Frontier Force) Major, Gendun Choedrak Assaults drapchi prison with paratroopers to free an Tibetan religious leaders who is being held and incarcerated there. Far out west ,Pakistan launches an attack on strategic outpost of kargil, promptly raising the green crescent flag on indian soil. China accuses India of attacking chinese soil and wages war. It's Pakistan and China vs India now, 3 nuclear powers.Nuclear arsenals are being mobolized. Later Pakistan is devasted while India and China are threatening nuclear war.Russia says whoever invovles in this matter will have to face her first.The West's greatest nighmares and becoming true.
Major themes
Significant background themes include:
- Tibet
- The Kashmiri conflict, and especially the Kargil War
- Chinese, Indian and Pakistani nuclear weapons programs
- Relationships between Taiwan and China
Critical reception
John Elliott of the New Statesman said that the novel was a "good read" and that "it is uncomfortably accurate about the dangers facing Asia".[1]
References
- ^ Elliot, John (September 18, 2000). "The road to war". New Statesman. http://www.newstatesman.com/200009180050. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
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