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This book carries a series of brief sketches on how twelve US presidents since Franklin Roosevelt perceived and dealt with South Asia-most particularly, of course, India and Pakistan, from World War II to present day. It proposes that US foreign policy was influenced by broad political-historical patterns as well as the personal whims and preferences of the elected president at any given point in time. In this way, though political considerations which underlie ...
Relations between India and the US can best be described as ‘rocky’, almost from the time India gained independence in 1947. They have differed strongly on many fronts, including perceptions of their respective national interests, strategic worldviews, foreign policy goals and economic policies. However, subsequent to the radical changes in global political configurations in recent years, fresh opportunities have arisen for the world’s two largest ...
This book is a fascinating and absorbing history of the India lobby in America during the pre-independence era--a little known chapter in the history of modern India. It documents the travails of early Indian migrants to North America and Canada from the beginning of the twentieth century to the end of World War II. It captures their prolonged struggle for obtaining civil rights, and in promoting the cause of India's freedom beyond the borders of the ...
This book is a fascinating and absorbing history of the India lobby in America during the pre-independence era—a little known chapter in the history of modern India. It documents the travails of early Indian migrants to North America and Canada from the beginning of the twentieth century to the end of the World War II. It captures their prolonged struggle for obtaining civil rights, and in promoting the cause of India's freedom beyond the borders of the ...