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Online-Ressource (408 p)
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Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781107008151
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Traces the rise and fall of Anglo-American relations with India and Pakistan from independence in the 1940s, to the 1960s
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Cover; The Cold War in South Asia; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; A note on the political geography of Pakistan; Abbreviations; Maps; Introduction; 1 India, Pakistan and the early Cold War, 1947-1956; The transfer of power in India: winning friends and influencing people; A changing of the guard: Britain, the United States and Pakistan; Britain and India after 1947: plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose?; The Soviet Union and South Asia; Hindee Chinee bhai-bhai; Britain, the United States and the early Cold War in South Asia: empire, race and ideology
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2 Eisenhower, Macmillan and the 'New Look' at South Asia, 1957-1960Eisenhower, Macmillan and the Anglo-American relationship in South Asia; Moscow calling: the Soviet economic and political offensive in India; The Eisenhower administration and the 'New Look' at South Asia; The United States and Pakistan: an alliance under strain; 'India loves Ike'; 3 The best of friends: Kennedy, Macmillan and Jawaharlal Nehru; America's new best friend; Clinging on: the Macmillan government and India; An alliance under strain; Britain and Pakistan: a relationship in decline; Kennedy, Macmillan and South Asia
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4 Upsetting the apple cart: India's 'liberation' of GoaThe limits of Anglo-American diplomacy; The United Nations debate on Goa; Kennedy, Macmillan and the impact of Goa on India's relations with the West; Pakistan's response to Goa; 5 Allies of a kind: Britain, the United States and the 1962 Sino-Indian War; International reaction to the border war; The coordination of Anglo-American military aid to India; The Commonwealth role in India's defence; The Harriman and Sandys missions; The Nassau Summit; 6 Quagmire: the Anglo-American search for a Kashmir settlement
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Kennedy, Kashmir and the United NationsThe Sino-Indian War and the Indo-Pakistan talks on Kashmir; Internationalisation and partition; Galbraith's bazaar bargain and the 'elements' initiative; Kashmir and Anglo-American military aid to India; Mountbatten, mediation and 'Delhi week'; 7 Realigning India: Western military aid and the threat from the north; The Indo-Soviet MiG deal; Indian air defence; Anglo-American military aid and the preservation of Indian non-alignment; All change: Lyndon Johnson, Alec Douglas-Home and South Asia
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8 The other transfer of power: Britain, the United States and the Nehru-Shastri transitionThe erosion of authority; Opportunities and threats; Endgame; India's Harry Truman; 9 A bumpy ride: Harold Wilson, Lyndon Johnson and South Asia; 'We are a world power … or we are nothing': Harold Wilson and South Asia; Harold Wilson, Lyndon Johnson and Anglo-American relations; Lyndon Johnson and South Asia; Britain, the United States and the defence of South Asia; Losing friends and alienating people; Falling out; 10 Triumph and tragedy: the Rann of Kutch and the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War
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Averting war in the Rann: Britain, the United States and the Kutch dispute
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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ISBN 9781107291140
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ISBN 9781107008151
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Cold War in South Asia : Britain, the United States and the Indian Subcontinent, 1945–1965
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Englisch
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