India's northeast does not have a lot of literature documenting its journey. Whatever is there is usually written by the natives of that regions and usually lacks the objectivity of a third person.
This book is also written by someone who is from this place , but unlike the other literature that I have glanced through, this book exudes an unbiased perspective of the entire issues assailing that region.
This I believe is the biggest positive of this book. I am not saying you will agree with the writer's analysis completely. I have not been able to palate a lot of his opinions but that does not in any way undermine his unbiased approach.
Another positive of this book is he digs into history to get the root cause. He did not limit himself to the north eastern states of India but instead went to all the neighboring countries , tried explaining their scenario and also concluded as to how the current status of those countries are effecting our states. Also he actively explains the role the neighboring countries and even our center has played or is playing on stabilizing and destabilizing this region.
However, there are certain things that work against this book.
One of the primary being the skewed weightage given to different topics and states. For instance , Assam and its condition was explained in depth whereas a lot of states were just glossed over. I personally was looking forward to the writer's interpretation of the politics of all the states and not just facts. Also certain topics were hardly analysed, I was disappointed when the heroin factories that is causing havoc through out the north east was mentioned for the first time in the end of the book.
The book also seemed chaotic towards the end. The topics were not neatly sewn together and seemed clunky in conjugation .

Overall it is a good book due to lack of any other book or literature in this area.
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