Rakesh Ankit

The Kashmir Conflict

From Empire to the Cold War, 1945-66

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Produktbeschreibung

This book shows the international dimensions of the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan, from October 1947 to January 1966, against the twin backdrop of Decolonisation and the Cold War. It analyses Kashmir's evolution from a Commonwealth crisis to a Cold War dispute, documenting the first five years, 1947-52, when Kashmir made the transit

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 367g
• ISBN-13: 9780367877682
• ISBN-10: 0367877686
• Artikelnr.: 58439193

Autorenporträt

Rakesh Ankit teaches History in the Law School at the O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A 'ghost' of Empire
a 'game' of the Cold War 1. The International Setting
1945-47: 'Fighting the Same Struggle as our Fathers and Grandfathers' 2. Britain and Kashmir
1947-49: 'Whose was Kashmir to be? The Raja
his Pandits
Sheikh Abdullah
Azad Kashmir
the tribes or Russia?' 3. America
India and Kashmir
1945-49: 'If ignorance about India in this country is deep
ignorance about the States is abysmal' 4. Kashmir
1949-53: 'When the US blew hot
the British blew cold and when the British blew hot
the US blew cold' 5. Kashmir
1953-61: From 'Pact Politics' to 'Package Proposal' 6. Kashmir
1962-63: The Last Interventions 7. Kashmir
1964-66: 'Soviets
CHICOMS
neutralists and West are kibitzers and
to some extent
actors in...Kashmir' Conclusion: 'A Footnote to History'