Cold War in the High Himalayas: The USA, China and South Asia in the 1950s

by S. Mahmud Ali

This text examines elite-insecurity perceptions in India, Pakistan and the USA in the 1950s. The book highlights the consequent linkages in alliance-building efforts and the subsequent triangular covert collaboration against Communist China, especially along Tibet's Himalayan frontiers. This secret alliance had an unexpected fall-out on the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan. Lastly the book examines the divergence of Indo-Pakistani security...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138878898
• ISBN13: 9781138878891
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"