The Eagle and the Peacock - (Contributions in Political Science) by M Srinivas Chary & Srinivas M Chary (Hardcover)

About the Book

This work is a study of American foreign policy toward India since 1947. It examines the roles that the United States has played on the South Asian stage during the 45 years that constitute the history of the Cold War. In contrast to the interest that Cold War historians have displayed toward such areas as Europe and the Far East, little has been done with regard to India. Many Indian analyses consist largely of cliches and stereotypes and adopt an intensive tone of moral judgement. With the end of the Cold War in the 1990s the need for this study is more compelling since the politics of the Cold War had so greatly shaped Indo-American relations from the beginning of modern India's independence.

Book Synopsis

This work is a study of American foreign policy toward India since 1947. It examines the roles that the United States has played on the South Asian stage during the 45 years that constitute the history of the Cold War. In contrast to the interest that Cold War historians have displayed toward such areas as Europe and the Far East, little has been done with regard to India. Many Indian analyses consist largely of cliches and stereotypes and adopt an intensive tone of moral judgement. With the end of the Cold War in the 1990s the need for this study is more compelling since the politics of the Cold War had so greatly shaped Indo-American relations from the beginning of modern India's independence.

Review Quotes

"Chary provides what is at once an excellent survey of US-Indian foreign affairs from Franklin Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan and also a penetrating exploration of major turning points based on extensive use of key primary sources. There is much of benefit here for everyone from the general reader to to the foreign policy specialist. But it is "must" reading for those interested in the fate of emerging democracies and in the role that the United States has played toward them."-Donald J. Mrozek, Professor and Head Department of History, Kansas State University

About the Author

M. SRINIVAS CHARY is Adjunct Professor at the New School of Social Research in New York. He is the author of United States Foreign Policy Toward India, 1947-1954 (1980) and The Hindu Temple (1994).