Cold war in the high Himalayas: the USA, China and South Asia in the 1950s

"This book examines elite-insecurity perceptions in India, Pakistan and the USA in the 1950s. It traces linkages in alliance-building efforts, and subsequent triangular covert collaboration against communist China, especially along Tibet's Himalayan frontiers. Finally, we learn about the u...

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Main Author: Ali, Syed Mahmud 1952- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York St. Martin's Press 1999
Edition:1. publ. in the United States of America
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Summary:"This book examines elite-insecurity perceptions in India, Pakistan and the USA in the 1950s. It traces linkages in alliance-building efforts, and subsequent triangular covert collaboration against communist China, especially along Tibet's Himalayan frontiers. Finally, we learn about the unexpected fall-out of this on the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan, and the divergence of Indo-Pakistani security policies along fundamental cleavages since the 1960s."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:XXXVIII, 286 S. Kt.
ISBN:0312226934

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