Avoiding Armageddon: America, India, and Pakistan to the Brink and Back

摘要

This is a riveting account of cynical maneuvering in Washington's tormented relationships with India and Pakistan. A former CIA analyst and frequent presidential adviser, Riedel focuses on the Cold War and after. He shows that the American desire for simultaneous good relations with both rival powers has been doomed by the three countries' fundamentally incompatible security needs. Resenting its colonial past, India is determined to remain independent of any great-power entanglements.