Nation State by Accident; The Politicization of Ethnic Groups and the Ethnicization of Bosnia, India, Pakistan. Revised and enlarged English edition of a German book, first published in 2000. The histories and present situation of India and the "Muslim states " of Bosnia and Pakistan are used to illustrate the author's referenced exploration of how concepts of ethnicity and ethnic conflict are flawed when applied, as they regularly are, in general political discussion and/or dispute and warmaking. Bibliography and index.