In this episode, Professor Jeffrey Sachs and historian Sam Dalrymple engage in a profound discussion of his book ‘Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia’. Drawing on extensive archival research, personal histories and overlooked narratives, Dalrymple reveals how the dissolution of the British Raj reshaped a vast region stretching from Yemen and the Gulf to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar, giving rise to many of the political fault lines that continue to define the modern world.
 

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The Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs is brought to you by the SDG Academy, the flagship education initiative of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). Hosted by Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs, the eminent thought-leader in economics and sustainable development, the Book Club features monthly interviews with renowned authors about their ground-breaking work in history, social justice, sustainable development, and more.