TY - BOOK TI - Rebels with a cause: Nepal's Maoists once tried to topple the state PY - 2008/// KW - POLITICS N2 - Nepal's polity has remained largely unchanged its borders an approximation of the land conquered, its political elites tied to old families close to both to monarchy and the army and its princely rulers all descended from the same messianic lines. They are leading the Himalayan nation's political transition from monarchy to republic UR - file://Lib-svr/SubjectFiles/Nepal/F167.pdf ER -