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The Cold War in South Asia : Britain, the United States and the Indian subcontinent, 1945-1965 / Paul M. McGarr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGarr, Paul M., 1969-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- South Asia--Foreign relations--20th century.
- South Asia.
- South Asia--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- South Asia--Foreign relations--United States.
- United States.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--South Asia.
- Great Britain.
- United States--Foreign relations--South Asia.
- Cold War.
- India--Foreign relations--20th century.
- India.
- Pakistan--Foreign relations--20th century.
- Pakistan.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 391 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781107008151
- 1107008158
- OCLC:
- 828481117
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