Paul M. McGarr (King's College London)

Spying in South Asia

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Produktbeschreibung

In this first comprehensive history of India's secret Cold War, Paul McGarr tells the story of Indian politicians, human rights activists, and journalists and their interactions with the British and US intelligence services. In doing so, he uncovers a fifty-year battle for hearts and minds in the Indian subcontinent.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 362
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 678g
• ISBN-13: 9781108843676
• ISBN-10: 1108843670
• Artikelnr.: 69926385

Autorenporträt

Paul M. McGarr is Lecturer in Intelligence Studies at King's College London and author of The Cold War in South Asia, 1945-1965.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Transfer of power: British intelligence and the end of empire in South Asia
2. Silent partners: Britain, India, and early Cold War intelligence liaison
3. India's Rasputin: V. K. Krishan Menon and the spectre of Indian communism
4. Quiet Americans: the CIA and the onset of the Cold War in South Asia
5. Confronting China: the Sino-Indian War and collaborative covert action
6. Peddling propaganda: The Information Research Department and India
7. From Russia with love: dissidents and defectors in Cold War India
8. The foreign hand: Indira Gandhi and the politics of intelligence
9. Battle of the books: Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Seymour Hersh, and India's CIA 'agents'
10. Indian intelligence and the end of the Cold War
Conclusion.