A very interesting read relating to Asian politics. The only problem is that it was originally written before 9/11, so the response of America as shown in this book would have been very different from what it would have done if the war had actually taken place in 2007. Also in reality America would have tried to avert the war. Also Russia's response was a bit of surprise.Other than that the story played out beautifully and was as close to reality as the conditions permitted. India, China and Pakistan behaved as expected and the end, however painful, was what we would expect out of such a war, if it is allowed to happen.