Introduction; 1. India, Pakistan and the early Cold War, 1947–57; 2. Eisenhower, Macmillan and the 'New Look' at South Asia, 1958–60; 3. The best of friends: Kennedy, Macmillan and Jawaharlal Nehru; 4. Upsetting the apple cart: India's 'liberation' of Goa; 5. Allies of a kind: Britain, the United States and the 1962 Sino-Indian War; 6. Quagmire: the Anglo-American search for a Kashmir settlement; 7. Realigning India: Western military aid and the threat from the north; 8. The other transfer of power: Britain, the US and the Nehru-Shastri Transition; 9. A bumpy ride: Harold Wilson, Lyndon Johnson and South Asia; 10. Triumph and tragedy: the Raan of Kutch and the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War; Conclusion: the erosion of Anglo-American power in India and Pakistan; Select bibliography.
This book traces the rise and fall of Anglo-American relations with India and Pakistan from independence in the 1940s, to the 1960s.
Paul McGarr is Lecturer in US Foreign Policy in the Department of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Nottingham. He has published widely on aspects of transnational politics, economics, defence, intelligence and security, and postcolonial culture.
'McGarr has crafted a superb international history. [He] tracks not
only the rise and fall of Anglo-American influence in South Asia
during the first two decades after Independence and Partition until
the end of the 1960s, but, just as importantly, he provides a broad
assessment of the regional policies of India, Pakistan, the Soviet
Union, and China … [He] has done an extraordinary job of
constructing an international narrative by conducting rigorous
multi-archival research in several countries. This is no mean feat,
especially given the difficulties of using archives in India and
Pakistan … The Cold War in South Asia should be required reading
for anyone interested not only in South Asia, but also the global
Cold War.' Eric Pullin, H-Diplo
'It is hard not to applaud The Cold War in South Asia. There is
hardly a question - hardly a document - about UK-U.S. relations
within the context of South Asia policy that is not accounted for
in this book. American presidents and British prime ministers, as
well as their foreign secretaries, ambassadors and security
advisers brilliantly come to life as they interact with the top
leadership in Pakistan and India … There is no doubt that scholars
interested in South Asia will take recourse to this book. Even
decades from now they will find a meticulously produced gold mine
of information.' Markus Daechsel, H-Diplo
'McGarr sheds new light on British attitudes and approaches toward
the subcontinent, as well as on Anglo-American collaboration and
competitiveness … [He] does all this in a book that is well
written, with a style that keeps the reader engaged … There is a
lot to recommend in this book. It will make a valuable addition to
the bookshelves of not just scholars, but also policymakers who
continue to grapple with the subject of influence and of how to
work with their allies and partners in third countries.' Tanvi
Madan, H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews
'Paul McGarr's exhaustively researched and clearly argued account
of Cold War diplomacy in South Asia is a welcome addition to the
growing historical literature in this area … Readers of McGarr's
work will certainly be struck by some aspects of this history that
seem to have recurred today … [this] book is praiseworthy not only
for its reconstruction of this complicated diplomacy but also for
its admonitory judgment about the limits and realities of power
politics and state relationships in South Asia even today.' Andrew
Muldoon, Journal of British Studies
'A welcome addition to a body of literature that for one reason or
another escapes the imagination and scrutiny of contemporary
historians.' History Today
'McGarr's The Cold War in South Asia provides rich evidence, strong
arguments, and compelling insights about Anglo-American policy in
South Asia; it is, in short, a new standard in the field.' David C.
Engerman, Journal of American Studies
'Excellent use is made of private papers accessed in India, Britain
and the United States, as well as of government records in order to
construct McGarr's authoritative and closely argued narrative. …
McGarr's volume is an important addition to scholarly appreciation
of the relationship of India and Pakistan with the international
community in the two decades which followed independence.' Ian
Talbot, Diplomacy and Statecraft
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