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1 online resource (597 pages) |
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War and International Politics in South Asia |
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War and international politics in South Asia.
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: India's Grand Strategic Thought and Practice; Part I: Grand Strategy in Indian History; 1. 'Grand Strategic Thought' in the Ramayana and Mahabharata; 2. Strategy, Legitimacy and the Imperium: Framing the Mughal Strategic Discourse ; 3. Liberal Thought and Colonial Military Institutions; Part II: Grand Strategy in Modern India; 4. Indian Grand Strategy: Six Schools of Thought; 5. Nehru's Advocacy of Internationalism and Indian Foreign Policy |
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6. Economic Modernisation and the Growing Influence of Neoliberalism in India's Strategic Thought7. An Elephant with a Small 'Footprint': The Realist Roots of India's Strategic Thought and Policies; 8. 'Jiski Lathi, Uski Bhains': The Hindu Nationalist View of International Politics; 9. Securing India: Gandhian Intuitions; Part III: Grand Strategy: Core Interests and Vital Peripheries; 10. Indian Strategic Culture: The Pakistan Dimension; 11. China, in Three Avatars; 12. Aberrant Conversationalists: India and the United States Since 1947; 13. India, Afghanistan and the 'End Game'? |
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14. Collateral Damage: Iran in a Reconfigured Indian Grand Strategy15. Redefining India's Grand Strategy? The Evolving Nature of India's Israel Policy ; 16. The Institutional Origins and Determinants of India's Africa Policy; Bibliography; About the Editors; Notes on Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
As India prepares to take its place in shaping the course of an 'Asian century', there are increasing debates about its 'grand strategy' and its role in a future world order. This timely and topical book presents a range of historical and contemporary interpretations and case studies on the theme. Drawing upon rich and diverse narratives that have informed India's strategic discourse, security and foreign policy, it charts a new agenda for strategic thinking on postcolonial India from a non-Western perspective. Comprehensive and insightful, the work will prove indispensable to those in defe |
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Print version record |
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LAW -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Diplomatic relations
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India -- Foreign relations -- Case studies
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India -- History -- Case studies
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India
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bajpai, Kanti
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Basit, Saira
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Krishnappa, V
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| ISBN |
9781317559610 |
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1317559614 |
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