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'''Fragile Frontiers: The Secret History of Mumbai Terror Attacks''' is a book by [[India]]n writer Saroj Kumar Rath, published by [[Routledge]], London and simultaneously published in India and the [[United States]] in August 2014. The book is about terrorism in South Asia, centering on the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]].<ref>In conversation with Mr. Saroj Kumar Rath, DU Beat An Independent Newspaper, 25 September 2014, http://dubeat.com/2014/09/conversation-mr-saroj-kumar-rath/</ref><ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The Times of India | title=11,000-page 26/11 Mumbai attack chargesheet had one para on LeT: Book | date=3 August 2014 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/11000-page-26/11-Mumbai-attack-chargesheet-had-one-para-on-LeT-Book/articleshow/39503322.cms | accessdate=28 November 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=Vicky | last=Nanjappa | title=3 locals helped carry out the Mumbai terror attacks | publisher=rediff.com | date=5 August 2014 | url=https://www.rediff.com/news/interview/the-public-still-does-not-know-a-lot-about-the-2611-mumbai-attacks/20140805.htm | accessdate=27 November 2018 }}</ref>


'''Fragile Frontiers: The Secret History of Mumbai Terror Attacks''' is a book by [[India]]n writer Saroj Kumar Rath, published by [[Routledge]], London and simultaneously published in India and the [[United States]] in August 2014. The book is about terrorism in South Asia, centering on the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]].<ref>In conversation with Mr. Saroj Kumar Rath, DU Beat An Independent Newspaper, 25 September 2014, http://dubeat.com/2014/09/conversation-mr-saroj-kumar-rath/</ref><ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The Times of India | title=11,000-page 26/11 Mumbai attack chargesheet had one para on LeT: Book | date=3 August 2014 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/11000-page-26/11-Mumbai-attack-chargesheet-had-one-para-on-LeT-Book/articleshow/39503322.cms | accessdate=28 November 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=Vicky | last=Nanjappa | title=3 locals helped carry out the Mumbai terror attacks | publisher=rediff.com | date=5 August 2014 | url=https://www.rediff.com/news/interview/the-public-still-does-not-know-a-lot-about-the-2611-mumbai-attacks/20140805.htm | accessdate=27 November 2018 }}</ref>
A richly annotated, liberally footnoted research document, Saroj Kumar Rath’s Fragile Frontiers is a threadbare analysis of the plethora of questions surrounding the Mumbai terror attacks of November 26, 2008. It goes into, primarily, the why and who of the attacks; more crucially, how a handful of assailants were so successful in their multiple strikes with such precision and ruthlessness, and most importantly, why the security apparatus failed to detect and prevent the attacks. Nine locales, all crowded public spaces, ten men and three nightmarish days that Mumbaikars, specifically, Indians as a whole and the world in general will not forget in a hurry.<ref>Dhanalakshmi Ayyer, Tracking terror’s footprints from Mumbai, The Hindu, 9 February 2015, https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/tracking-terrors-footprints-from-mumbai/article6875330.ece</ref</ref>
As per Times of India, ‘The book goes on to raise several questions over the way the investigations into the 26/11 attacks was handled, and the very shallow chargesheet filed in the case.’ The Hindu, in its analysis written that, ‘The book is refreshingly honest, thoroughly researched, and goes deep under the skin of the event with toothcomb precision. What sets its writing apart and above all the others that have come in the wake of the event is the incisive inquiry and the detail.’<ref>Dhanalakshmi Ayyer, Tracking terror’s footprints from Mumbai, The Hindu, 9 February 2015, https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/tracking-terrors-footprints-from-mumbai/article6875330.ece</ref> ‘According to The Secret History of Mumbai Terror Attacks, the prosecution relieved the real criminals behind the actual crime. The name of ISI does not figure in the chargesheet and the LeT is also scantily defined.’ This is ‘Most well-written book on the Mumbai terror attacks.’<ref>Vicky Nanjappa, '3 locals helped carry out the Mumbai terror attacks', Rediff, https://www.rediff.com/news/interview/the-public-still-does-not-know-a-lot-about-the-2611-mumbai-attacks/20140805.htm</ref>
As per Times of India, ‘The book goes on to raise several questions over the way the investigations into the 26/11 attacks was handled, and the very shallow chargesheet filed in the case.’ The Hindu, in its analysis written that, ‘The book is refreshingly honest, thoroughly researched, and goes deep under the skin of the event with toothcomb precision. What sets its writing apart and above all the others that have come in the wake of the event is the incisive inquiry and the detail.’<ref>Dhanalakshmi Ayyer, Tracking terror’s footprints from Mumbai, The Hindu, 9 February 2015, https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/tracking-terrors-footprints-from-mumbai/article6875330.ece</ref> ‘According to The Secret History of Mumbai Terror Attacks, the prosecution relieved the real criminals behind the actual crime. The name of ISI does not figure in the chargesheet and the LeT is also scantily defined.’ This is ‘Most well-written book on the Mumbai terror attacks.’<ref>Vicky Nanjappa, '3 locals helped carry out the Mumbai terror attacks', Rediff, https://www.rediff.com/news/interview/the-public-still-does-not-know-a-lot-about-the-2611-mumbai-attacks/20140805.htm</ref>


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