The Nehru years : an international history of Indian non-alignment / Swapna Kona Nayudu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nayudu, Swapna Kona, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964--Political and social views.

Nehru, Jawaharlal.

India--Foreign relations--1947-1984.

India.

India--Politics and government--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Scholars of international relations, political thought, and India's international and diplomatic history are increasingly interested in the relevance of non-alignment in Indian foreign policy. The origins of such policies and debates can be traced back to Nehru's conceptualization of non-alignment at the height of the Cold War. In this deeply researched study of his years as Prime Minister, 1947-64, Swapna Kona Nayudu utilizes archival research in multiple languages to uncover Indian diplomatic influence in four major international events: the Korean War, the Suez Crisis, the Hungarian Revolution, and the Congo Crisis. Through this detailed examination, she explores the contested meaning of non-alignment, a policy almost unique in its ambiguity and its centrality to a nation's political life. The resulting history is a thoughtful critique of India's diplomatic position as the only non-aligned founding member of the UN.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

2 'A Lonely Furrow': Tagore, Gandhi &amp

Nehruvian Non-Alignment

2.1 Is Politics Ultimately Doomed?

2.2 India in the Cold War

3 'The Outbreak of Peace': India &amp

the Korean War, 1950-1953

3.1 India, Korea, and Asia

3.2 The Problem of the Independence of Korea

3.3 'Delicate, Difficult, Embarrassing …'

4 'The Fog of War': India, the Suez Canal Crisis &amp

the Hungarian Revolution, 1956

4.1 The Suez Canal Crisis

4.2 The Hungarian Revolution

4.3 'Between War and Peace, between the Atom and the Buddha'

5 'Bad Ethics and Worse Policy': India &amp

the Congo Crisis, 1960-1964

5.1 The African Context

5.2 The Congo Crisis

5.3 The Deepening of the Crisis and Evolution of India's Congo Policy

5.4 UN Peacekeeping and the End of the Katanga Secession

5.5 'The Blood of the Martyrs Is the Seed of the Church'

6 Epilogue

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Apr 2025).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-009-57906-1

1-009-57904-5

1-009-57907-X