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Spying in South Asia : Britain, the United States, and India's Secret Cold War by Paul M. McGarr (2024, Hardcover)

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Spying in South Asia : Britain, the United States, and India's Secret Cold War, Hardcover by Mcgarr, Paul M., ISBN 1108843670, ISBN-13 9781108843676, Brand New, Free shipping in the US In this first comprehensive history of India's secret Cold War, Paul McGarr tells the story of Indian politicians, human rights activists, and journalists and their interactions with the British and US intelligence services. In doing so, he uncovers a fifty-year battle for hearts and minds in the Indian subcontinent.

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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101108843670

ISBN-139781108843676

eBay Product ID (ePID)17065346192

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Book TitleSpying in South Asia : Britain, the United States, and India's Secret Cold War

Number of Pages358 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicHistory & Theory, Asia / General

Publication Year2024

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, History

AuthorPaul M. Mcgarr

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1 in

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.4 in

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Dewey Edition23

Reviews'Spying in South Asia is a major contribution to the international history of the twentieth century. The scale of the research is awe-inspiring, the arguments are compelling and the narrative is gripping. This is a masterly piece of work.' Richard J. Aldrich, University of Warwick

Dewey Decimal327.54009045

Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. Transfer of power: British intelligence and the end of empire in South Asia; 2. Silent partners: Britain, India, and early Cold War intelligence liaison; 3. India's Rasputin: V. K. Krishan Menon and the spectre of Indian communism; 4. Quiet Americans: the CIA and the onset of the Cold War in South Asia; 5. Confronting China: the Sino-Indian War and collaborative covert action; 6. Peddling propaganda: The Information Research Department and India; 7. From Russia with love: dissidents and defectors in Cold War India; 8. The foreign hand: Indira Gandhi and the politics of intelligence; 9. Battle of the books: Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Seymour Hersh, and India's CIA 'agents'; 10. Indian intelligence and the end of the Cold War; Conclusion.

SynopsisIn this first comprehensive history of India's secret Cold War, Paul McGarr tells the story of Indian politicians, human rights activists, and journalists as they fought against or collaborated with members of the British and US intelligence services. The interventions of these agents have had a significant and enduring impact on the political and social fabric of South Asia. The spectre of a 'foreign hand', or external intelligence activity, real and imagined, has occupied a prominent place in India's political discourse, journalism, and cultural production. Spying in South Asia probes the nexus between intelligence and statecraft in South Asia and the relationships between agencies and governments forged to promote democracy. McGarr asks why, in contrast to Western assumptions about surveillance, South Asians associate intelligence with covert action, grand conspiracy, and justifications for repression? In doing so, he uncovers a fifty-year battle for hearts and minds in the Indian subcontinent., In this first comprehensive history of India's secret Cold War, Paul McGarr tells the story of Indian politicians, human rights activists, and journalists and their interactions with the British and US intelligence services. In doing so, he uncovers a fifty-year battle for hearts and minds in the Indian subcontinent.

LC Classification NumberDS480.84.M3 2024