Dilip Hiro


Dilip Hiro was an indian author, journalist and commentator who specialized in the politics of South Asia and West Asia.
Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, M.S., 1964.

Career

Hiro originally trained as an engineer in India and the United States before moving to the UK to further his career and "explore the West".
He was also a frequent contributor to the following online magazines: The Guardian’s Commentisfree; Yale University’s Yale Globalist; and the New York-based Nation Institute’s website TomDispatch.

Books

Non-Fiction
  • Cold War in the Islamic World: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Struggle for Supremacy
  • The Age of Aspiration: Power, Wealth, and Conflict in Globalizing India
  • The Longest August: The Unflinching Rivalry Between India and Pakistan
  • Indians in a Globalizing World: Their Skewed Rise
  • A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Middle East
  • Apocalyptic Realm: Jihadists in South Asia
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  • Inside Central Asia: A Political and Cultural History of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey and Iran
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  • The Timeline History of India
  • The Iranian Labyrinth: Journeys through Theocratic Iran and Its Furies
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  • The Essential Middle East: A Comprehensive Guide
  • Iraq: In The Eye Of The Storm
  • War Without End: The Rise of Islamist Terrorism and Global Response
  • The Rough Guide History of India
  • Neighbors, Not Friends: Iraq and Iran after the Gulf Wars
  • Sharing the Promised Land: A Tale of Israelis and Palestinians
  • Dictionary of the Middle East
  • The Middle East
  • Between Marx and Muhammad: The Changing Face of Central Asia
  • Lebanon, Fire and Embers: A History of the Lebanese Civil War
  • Desert Shield to Desert Storm: The Second Gulf War
  • Black British, White British: A History of Race Relations in Britain
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  • Holy Wars: The Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism
  • Iran: The Revolution Within
  • Iran under the Ayatollahs
  • Inside the Middle East
  • Inside India Today
  • The Untouchables of India
  • Black British, White British
  • The Indian Family in Britain
Fiction