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This book made history. It wasn t banned, not quite, when it first appeared in 1984, but its disappearance was cleverly managed so that few got to read the only authentic account of how a protected kingdom became India s twenty-second state. As the Hon. David Astor, editor of The Observer in London, wrote, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray was alone in witnessing and communicating the essential story . He had to surmount many obstacles and incur severe disapproval to do so. ...
The tragedy of 9/11 presents America with another historic opportunity to underwrite peace and stability in South Asia by acknowledging the region’s geopolitical realities. Waiting for America: India and the US in the New Millennium describes how America missed several such opportunities in 1947 when Jawaharlal Nehru’s envoys sought a military relationship. America is a cause as well as a country. Yet, Pax Americana flaunted the standard of democracy to prop ...