Deepak Tripathi, FRHistS, FRAS (born 1951) is a British historian of Indian origin with particular reference to South Asia, the Middle East, the Cold War, and the United States in the post-Soviet world.
Christopher Schoppa, in his review for The Washington Post of 'Overcoming the Bush Legacy in Iraq and Afghanistan', writes that "Tripathi has a sound grounding in the politics and myriad cultures that make up the Middle East."
"[15] Marjorie Cohn, in the History News Network, writes of Breeding Ground: "Tripathi's excellent work ends with a call to replace the military strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan with development, reconciliation, and reconstruction."
"[9] David Hillstrom, in the Foreign Policy Journal, describes Breeding Ground as a "concise yet powerful book" which details the dangerously interlocking decisions and ill-thought-through strategies that inflamed the Afghan conflict.
Morris concludes the review with her comment: "Tripathi's excellent summation of past events in the Middle East and his cogent analysis of their continuing implications should be required reading for all who are dealing directly with this troubled region, as well as those seeking to understand it and its relations with the United States.