India And The United States

Estimation of India as a strategic accomplice in the American grand game plan to contain communism was at its lowest ebb during the cold war. An ebulliant India glowing in its glorified hoary past, civlization, history and exemplary freedom struggle based on non-violence and truth, was intent on carving out a place in world politics just in commensurate with its cultural treasure trove and at par with the other great powers, thought such a lofty ambition was seen abysmally in disproportion to its military and economic deficits. An idealistic Nehru tried to chisel a new furrow in the muddy bipolar world politics in terms of non-alignment and independence quite different from what the great powers like U.S. and former Soviet Union pontificated others to follow.
About Author :
Narottam Gaan, Ph.D. and D.Litt has been imparting teaching in Political Science and International Relations in different colleges since 1978. Not being lured by the lucre of Allied Service (ICS) in the Ministry of Defence in 1983, he left the job to remain in the academic life. Publication of innumerable articles and papers in various journals of international repute in India and abroad, and seven books including this comes as a testament to his illuminating scholarship and deep acquaintance with a wide ranging issues plaguing the world.
Contents :
Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Foundation of Indian and American Foreign Poicy: Divergent Paradigms Indo-U.S. Relation During the Cold War: Pakistan Factor American Pakistan Tilt: A Constraint on India's Power During Bangladesh War and Beyond Myth and Realities in Indo-U.S. Relations Indo-U.S. Relation from Containment to Engagement Indo-U.S. Strategic Engagement: Convergences and Divergences India and the United States: Spinning the Nuclear Deal Globalization, America Crowning the Unipolar World: Challenges to Sovereignty and Independence of States Like India Conclusion Bibliography Index