The eagle and the peacock U.S. foreign policy toward India since independence
Title:
The eagle and the peacock U.S. foreign policy toward India since independence
Author:
Chary, M. Srinivas.
ISBN:
9780313029165
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Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1995.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 194 p.)
Series:
Contributions in political science, no. 345
Contributions in political science ; no. 345.
Contents:
Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1 Laying the Foundation: Anglo-American Competition and Indian Freedom; 2 Confronting Turbulent India: Truman and the Indian Famine of 1946; 3 The Quest for Commerce, Peace, and Prosperity: Truman's Point Four, Mutual Security, and the Grain Deal of 1951; 4 The Nationalist Challenge: Indian Nonalignment and Indo-American Conflicts; 5 The End of Optimism: Cold War Comes to South Asia; 6 Confrontation to Collaboration: U.S.-Pakistan Military Alliance, Trade, and Aid to India; 7 Promise Fulfilled: The New Frontier, Kennedy, Johnson, and India
Abstract:
This work is a study of American foreign policy toward India since 1947. It examines the roles that the United States has played on the South Asian stage during the 45 years that constitute the history of the Cold War. In contrast to the interest that Cold War historians have displayed toward such areas as Europe and the Far East, little has been done with regard to India. Many Indian analyses consist largely of cliches and stereotypes and adopt an intensive tone of moral judgement. With the end of the Cold War in the 1990s the need for this study is more compelling since the politics of the C.
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