This book is an in-depth study of the working of Pakistani military regime, political turmoil and the tussle between military and the politicians, thinking of common people on Indo-Pakistan relations, and rift between West and East Pakistan culminating in the birth of Bangladesh.

The author thinks that Pakistan has a morbid fear of India both for historical reasons and for some events subsequent to the partition of India. The sheer size of India, the Kashmir issue, steady economic growth of India and the support both military and moral that India received from major foreign countries made Pakistan nervous about her survival as an independent nation-state. To be itself, Pakistan feels it must repudiate India. The United States of America and China, though for reasons of their own, emboldened Pakistan with economic and military aid.

India's response was to strengthen her defences and so came into being an arms race between the two nations. The situation has often become ugly, despite the efforts of some right-thinking individuals on both side of the border for the establishment of cordial relations and creation of a peaceful atmosphere, leading to heightened distrust and a hallucinated fear, more so in Pakistan. Notwithstanding the negative attitudes, the lasting friendship and amity between the two is not an improbability though much depends upon the goodwill of both USA and China without whose counselling Pakistan would not dare to take the stand that time and again she has taken against India.