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Author:

Raghavan, Srinath, author.

Title:

Fierce enigmas : a history of the United States in South Asia / Srinath Raghavan.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

vii, 486 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

United States--Foreign relations--South Asia.
South Asia--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--History.--History.
South Asia--History.--History.
Military assistance, American--South Asia.
Humanitarian assistance, American--South Asia.
Economic assistance, American--South Asia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 420-460) and index.

Contents:

Fortune, fantasy, and faith -- Under American eyes -- Fighting for freedom -- Between East and West Asia -- Allies and aid -- New frontier in South Asia -- The dangerous decade -- Sowing in the wind -- In the unipolar world -- The new century.

Summary:

"South Asia looms large in American foreign policy. Over the past two decades, we have spent billions of dollars and thousands of human lives in the region, to seemingly little effect. As Srinath Raghavan reveals in Fierce Enigmas, this should not surprise us. For 230 years, America's engagement with India, Afghanistan, and Pakistan has been characterized by short-term thinking and unintended consequences. Beginning with American traders in India in the eighteenth century, the region has become a locus for American efforts-secular and religious-to remake the world in its image"-- Publisher's description.

ISBN:

046503019X
9780465030194

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1023488969

LCCN:

2018953976

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)