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<b>Makers of India's Foreign Policy
J.N. Dixit </b>
Product details
ISBN:8172235925 , Subtitle: Raja Ram Mohun Roy to Yashwant Sinha , Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India , Edition: 1st ed. , Year of Publication: 2004 , Physical Description: 328p., Index; 23cm. , Book Format:Hardcover, Language: English
Synopsis
In this brilliant, insightful book, J.N. Dixit chronicles the role of those who have played an important role in fashioning and implementing India's Foreign Policy since and before independence-right up to the 12 SAARC summit in Islamabad in January 2004. In doing so he fulfils a major gap in the study of Indian Foreign Policy, for he focuses not just on the Nehru-Gandhis but also on those who are less well-known, including diplomats and policy advisers. In the process Dixit gives us an understanding of the factors that shaped India's Foreign Policy at given points of time - the international situation, the domestic compulsions, and the happenings in India's neighbourhood. Most fascinatingly, however, he shows us how India's Foreign Policy was linked to the personalities and beliefs of the men and women who happened to be at the helm of affairs. Apart from the central role played by Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi, the book highlights the contributions of other Prime Ministers such as <b>Narasimha Rao, I.K. Gujral, and Atal Behari Vajpayee. Also portrayed are ministers such as V.K. Krishna Menon, Sardar Swaran Singh, Y.B. Chavan, Jaswant Singh and Yashwant Sinha. The role of behind-the-scenes operators like Girija Shankar Bajpai, Badruddin Tyabji, D.P. Dhar, P.N. Haksar and Brajesh Mishra is also recalled. A must-read for anyone who wants to make sense of India's role in international affairs. </b>
About the Author
J.N. Dixit
Author of nine books, including the latest international bestseller, India-Pakistan in War and Peace, J.N. Dixit is a former foreign secretary of India and was a member of the National Security Advisory Board. In his rich and distinguished career in the Indian Foreign Service, he has been ambassador to Bangladesh and Afghanistan and high commissioner to Sri Lanka and Pakistan. He lives in New Delhi.
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<b>India-Pakistan in War and Peace ,J.N.Dixit </b>
Synopsis
Born at midnight, fated never to see the sunshine of amity. That, to some, is the India-Pakistan story. Whether it is Kashmir or the nuclear issue or the cricket field, the two seldom seem to agree. A shared culture has ever divided, never united. The subcontinental twins went to war within months of becoming independent. Over the following half-century, theyâve fought three other wars, clashed at the United Nations and in every conceivable global forum. Today, a nuclearised South Asia is seen as among the worldâs most dangerous places. <b>Like the Israeli-Palestinian struggle, the Indo-Pakistani rivalry is a legacy of history. Itâs roots lie in the Muslim separatist movement of the 1930s and, indeed, can probably be traced back further to the 17 century battle of succession between Dara Shikoh and Aurangzeb.</b> <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> It is a complex conflict, with religious and territorial angles, with two diametrically opposed views of nationhood and national imagination. As a conundrum confronting the still young 21 century the India-Pakistan equation has few equals.
Table of contents :
Introduction.
<b>1. IC-814 to Kandahar. </b> <!--emo&<_<--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='dry.gif' /><!--endemo-->
2. Implications of the Kargil war.
3. Tunnel visionaries.
4. Wellsprings of antagonism.
5. From democracy to dictatorship and war.
6. The break-up of Pakistan: Mujibnagar to Simlaâthe advent of Zia-ul-Haq.
7. Coup to coup: Pakistan, 1972-1999.
8. Kashmir: the intractable bone of contention.
9. India and Pakistanânuclear weapons states.
10. Retrospect and prospects.
11. The Agra summit and after.
12. Uncertainties or opportunities.
Annexures:
1. Pakistanâbirth and objectives.
2. Chronology of significant bilateral meetings between 1994-2000.
3. Joint statement.
4. Memorandum of understanding.
5. Lahore declaration.
6. Simla agreement 1972 : Agreement on bilateral relations between the Government of India and the Government of Pakistan.
7. Tashkent declaration, 10 January 1966.
8. India and Pakistan: military balance (year 2000/2001).
Index.
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List of his other books are here :
http://www.bagchee.com/qsearch.aspx?page=0...31::J.N.::Dixit
Have any1 read any of his book..?...plz post something here....i am eager to read some inside info on how decisions r made in delhi circle....(i have no online money ..only hard cash..)<!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<b>Makers of India's Foreign Policy
J.N. Dixit </b>
Product details
ISBN:8172235925 , Subtitle: Raja Ram Mohun Roy to Yashwant Sinha , Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India , Edition: 1st ed. , Year of Publication: 2004 , Physical Description: 328p., Index; 23cm. , Book Format:Hardcover, Language: English
Synopsis
In this brilliant, insightful book, J.N. Dixit chronicles the role of those who have played an important role in fashioning and implementing India's Foreign Policy since and before independence-right up to the 12 SAARC summit in Islamabad in January 2004. In doing so he fulfils a major gap in the study of Indian Foreign Policy, for he focuses not just on the Nehru-Gandhis but also on those who are less well-known, including diplomats and policy advisers. In the process Dixit gives us an understanding of the factors that shaped India's Foreign Policy at given points of time - the international situation, the domestic compulsions, and the happenings in India's neighbourhood. Most fascinatingly, however, he shows us how India's Foreign Policy was linked to the personalities and beliefs of the men and women who happened to be at the helm of affairs. Apart from the central role played by Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi, the book highlights the contributions of other Prime Ministers such as <b>Narasimha Rao, I.K. Gujral, and Atal Behari Vajpayee. Also portrayed are ministers such as V.K. Krishna Menon, Sardar Swaran Singh, Y.B. Chavan, Jaswant Singh and Yashwant Sinha. The role of behind-the-scenes operators like Girija Shankar Bajpai, Badruddin Tyabji, D.P. Dhar, P.N. Haksar and Brajesh Mishra is also recalled. A must-read for anyone who wants to make sense of India's role in international affairs. </b>
About the Author
J.N. Dixit
Author of nine books, including the latest international bestseller, India-Pakistan in War and Peace, J.N. Dixit is a former foreign secretary of India and was a member of the National Security Advisory Board. In his rich and distinguished career in the Indian Foreign Service, he has been ambassador to Bangladesh and Afghanistan and high commissioner to Sri Lanka and Pakistan. He lives in New Delhi.
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<b>India-Pakistan in War and Peace ,J.N.Dixit </b>
Synopsis
Born at midnight, fated never to see the sunshine of amity. That, to some, is the India-Pakistan story. Whether it is Kashmir or the nuclear issue or the cricket field, the two seldom seem to agree. A shared culture has ever divided, never united. The subcontinental twins went to war within months of becoming independent. Over the following half-century, theyâve fought three other wars, clashed at the United Nations and in every conceivable global forum. Today, a nuclearised South Asia is seen as among the worldâs most dangerous places. <b>Like the Israeli-Palestinian struggle, the Indo-Pakistani rivalry is a legacy of history. Itâs roots lie in the Muslim separatist movement of the 1930s and, indeed, can probably be traced back further to the 17 century battle of succession between Dara Shikoh and Aurangzeb.</b> <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> It is a complex conflict, with religious and territorial angles, with two diametrically opposed views of nationhood and national imagination. As a conundrum confronting the still young 21 century the India-Pakistan equation has few equals. Table of contents :
Introduction.
<b>1. IC-814 to Kandahar. </b> <!--emo&<_<--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='dry.gif' /><!--endemo-->
2. Implications of the Kargil war.
3. Tunnel visionaries.
4. Wellsprings of antagonism.
5. From democracy to dictatorship and war.
6. The break-up of Pakistan: Mujibnagar to Simlaâthe advent of Zia-ul-Haq.
7. Coup to coup: Pakistan, 1972-1999.
8. Kashmir: the intractable bone of contention.
9. India and Pakistanânuclear weapons states.
10. Retrospect and prospects.
11. The Agra summit and after.
12. Uncertainties or opportunities.
Annexures:
1. Pakistanâbirth and objectives.
2. Chronology of significant bilateral meetings between 1994-2000.
3. Joint statement.
4. Memorandum of understanding.
5. Lahore declaration.
6. Simla agreement 1972 : Agreement on bilateral relations between the Government of India and the Government of Pakistan.
7. Tashkent declaration, 10 January 1966.
8. India and Pakistan: military balance (year 2000/2001).
Index.
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List of his other books are here :
http://www.bagchee.com/qsearch.aspx?page=0...31::J.N.::Dixit
Have any1 read any of his book..?...plz post something here....i am eager to read some inside info on how decisions r made in delhi circle....(i have no online money ..only hard cash..)<!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->