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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.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xi, 391 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Cold War (1945-1989)
South Asia--Foreign relations--20th century.
South Asia--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
South Asia--Foreign relations--United States.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--South Asia.
United States--Foreign relations--South Asia.
Cold War.
India--Foreign relations--20th century.
Pakistan--Foreign relations--20th century.
Außenpolitik.
Ost-West-Konflikt.
Großbritannien.
USA.
Südasien.
Indien.
International relations.
Great Britain.
India.
Pakistan.
South Asia.
United States.
1900 - 1999

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-378) and index.

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.

ISBN:

1107008158 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781107008151 (hardback : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)828481117

LCCN:

2013013496

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)