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	==Critical reception==		==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".<ref>{{cite news \|title=The road to war \|first=John \|last=Elliot \|newspaper=[[New Statesman]] \|date=September 18, 2000 \|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/200009180050 \|accessdate=October 23, ~~2022~~}}</ref>		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".<ref>{{cite news \|title=The road to war \|first=John \|last=Elliot \|newspaper=[[New Statesman]] \|date=September 18, 2000 \|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/200009180050 \|accessdate=October 23, 2010}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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{{infobox book | 
| name = Dragon Fire
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = dragonfire novel cover.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption =
| author = [[Humphrey Hawksley]]
| cover_artist =
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| series =
| genre = [[Thriller (genre)|Political thriller]], [[War novel]]
| publisher = [[Pan Macmillan]]
| release_date = 24 August 2000
| media_type = Print ([[Paperback]], [[Hardcover]])
| pages = 200 (paperback), 384 (hardcover)
| isbn = 0-330-39156-9
| oclc= 47726246
| preceded_by = [[Dragon Strike (novel)|Dragon Strike]]
| followed_by =
}}

'''''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 warfare|nuclear war]].

While a work of fiction, the novel attempts to raise awareness of real geopolitical issues in the region.

== Description ==
This novel gives us nightmare scenarios where the world's worst fears begin on 10:00 a.m. on 3 May 2007. A SFF ([[Special Frontier Force]]) unit led by Major Gendun Choedrak assaults [[Drapchi Prison|Drapchi prison]] with paratroopers to free [[Tibetan people|Tibetan]] religious leaders who are being incarcerated there. Far out west, Pakistan launches an attack on the strategic outpost of [[Kargil]], promptly raising the [[Flag of Pakistan|green crescent flag]] on Indian soil. China accuses India of attacking Chinese soil and declares war. It's Pakistan and China vs India now, 3 nuclear powers. Nuclear arsenals are being mobilized.
Later Pakistan is devastated while India and China are threatening nuclear war. Russia says whoever is involved in this matter will have to face her first. The West's greatest nightmares are becoming true.

==Major themes==
Significant background themes include:
* [[Tibet]]
* [[Kashmir conflict|The Kashmiri conflict]], and especially the [[Kargil War]]
* [[People's Republic of China and weapons of mass destruction|Chinese]], [[India and weapons of mass destruction|Indian]] and [[Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction|Pakistani nuclear weapons programs]]
* [[Cross-Strait relations|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".<ref>{{cite news |title=The road to war |first=John |last=Elliot |newspaper=[[New Statesman]] |date=September 18, 2000 |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/200009180050 |accessdate=October 23, 2022}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060721184536/http://www.hhawksley.co.uk/dragonfire.asp Author's web site]

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[[Category:Novels by Humphrey Hawksley]]
[[Category:British thriller novels]]
[[Category:Military fiction]]
[[Category:Novels set during World War III]]
[[Category:British political novels]]
[[Category:India–Pakistan relations in popular culture]]
[[Category:Kashmir conflict in fiction]]
[[Category:Novels set in Tibet]]
[[Category:Indian Armed Forces in fiction]]
[[Category:Military of Pakistan in fiction]]
[[Category:Pan Books books]]

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