The Eagle and the Peacock: U.S. Foreign Policy toward India since Independence

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Foreword vii
• Preface xi
• Introduction 1
• NOTES 7
• 1 - Laying the Foundation: Anglo-American Competition and Indian Freedom 9
• NOTES 19
• 2 - Confronting Turbulent India: Truman and the Indian Famine of 1946 23
• NOTES 33
• 3 - The Quest for Commerce, Peace, and Prosperity: Truman's Point Four, Mutual Security, and the Grain Deal of 1951 39
• NOTES 50
• 4 - The Nationalist Challenge: Indian Nonalignment and Indo-American Conflicts 57
• NOTES 67
• 5 - The End of Optimism: Cold War Comes to South Asia 71
• NOTES 85
• 6 - Confrontation to Collaboration: U.S.-Pakistan Military Alliance, Trade, and Aid to India 93
• NOTES 107
• 7 - Promise Fulfilled: The New Frontier, Kennedy, Johnson, and India 113
• NOTES 127
• 8 - The Limits of Power: The Nixon and Indira Gandhi Challenges 131
• NOTES 142
• 9 - Principled Pragmatism: Carter, Human Rights, and Indo-American Relations 147
• NOTES 155
• 10 - Conservative Pragmatism: Reagan and India 159
• NOTES 170
• Conclusion 173
• NOTES 178
• Selected Bibliography 179
• Index 189
• About the Author *

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