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Author McGarr, Paul M., 1969-

Title The Cold War in South Asia : Britain, the United States and the Indian Subcontinent, 1945-1965 / Paul M. McGarr.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 391 pages)
Physical Medium monochrome
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Contents India, Pakistan and the early Cold War, 1947-1957 -- Eisenhower, Macmillan and the "new look" at South Asia, 1958-1960 -- The best of friends: Kennedy, Macmillan and Jawaharlal Nehru -- Upsetting the apple cart: India's "liberation" of Goa -- Allies of a kind: Britain, the United States and the 1962 Sino-Indian War -- Quagmire: the Anglo-American search for a Kashmir settlement -- Realigning India: western military aid and the threat from the north -- The other transfer of power: Britain, the US and the Nehru-Shastri transition -- A bumpy ride: Harold Wilson, Lyndon Johnson and South Asia -- Triumph and tragedy: the Raan of Kutch and the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War -- Conclusion: the erosion of Anglo-American power in India and Pakistan.
Summary "The Cold War in South Asia provides the first comprehensive and transnational history of Anglo-American relations with South Asia during a seminal period in the history of the Indian Subcontinent, between independence in the late 1940s, and the height of the Cold War in the late 1960s. Drawing upon significant new evidence from British, American, Indian and Eastern bloc archives, the book re-examines how and why the Cold War in South Asia evolved in the way that it did, at a time when the national leaderships, geopolitical outlooks and regional aspirations of India, Pakistan and their superpower suitors were in a state of considerable flux. The book probes the factors which encouraged the governments of Britain and the United States to work so closely together in South Asia during the two decades after independence, and suggests what benefits, if any, Anglo-American intervention in South Asia's affairs delivered, and to whom"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-478) and index.
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Subject Cold War (1945-1989)
South Asia -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
South Asia.
International relations.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject South Asia -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain.
South Asia -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- South Asia.
United States -- Foreign relations -- South Asia.
Cold War.
India -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
India.
Pakistan -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
Pakistan.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: McGarr, Paul M. Cold War in South Asia. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013 9781107008151 (DLC) 2013013496 (OCoLC)828481117
ISBN 9781461936770 (electronic book)
1461936772 (electronic book)
9781139022071 (electronic book)
1139022075 (electronic book)
9781107291140
1107291143
9781107008151 (hardback)
1107008158 (hardback)