The Nehru Years
An International History of Indian Non-Alignment
Seiten
2025
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-57908-7 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-57908-7 (ISBN)
A groundbreaking study of India's non-aligned position in the Cold War, its internationalist ambitions, mediatory diplomacy, and peacekeeping during the Nehru period. Swapna Kona Nayudu's deep archival work examines India's diplomatic role in four major international crises, exploring the contested yet central nature of Indian non-alignment.
Scholars of international relations, political thought, and India's international and diplomatic history are increasingly interested in the relevance of non-alignment in Indian foreign policy. The origins of such policies and debates can be traced back to Nehru's conceptualization of non-alignment at the height of the Cold War. In this deeply researched study of his years as Prime Minister, 1947–64, Swapna Kona Nayudu utilizes archival research in multiple languages to uncover Indian diplomatic influence in four major international events: the Korean War, the Suez Crisis, the Hungarian Revolution, and the Congo Crisis. Through this detailed examination, she explores the contested meaning of non-alignment, a policy almost unique in its ambiguity and its centrality to a nation's political life. The resulting history is a thoughtful critique of India's diplomatic position as the only non-aligned founding member of the UN.
Scholars of international relations, political thought, and India's international and diplomatic history are increasingly interested in the relevance of non-alignment in Indian foreign policy. The origins of such policies and debates can be traced back to Nehru's conceptualization of non-alignment at the height of the Cold War. In this deeply researched study of his years as Prime Minister, 1947–64, Swapna Kona Nayudu utilizes archival research in multiple languages to uncover Indian diplomatic influence in four major international events: the Korean War, the Suez Crisis, the Hungarian Revolution, and the Congo Crisis. Through this detailed examination, she explores the contested meaning of non-alignment, a policy almost unique in its ambiguity and its centrality to a nation's political life. The resulting history is a thoughtful critique of India's diplomatic position as the only non-aligned founding member of the UN.
Swapna Kona Nayudu is Lecturer of Global Affairs, Yale-NUS College.
List of Figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. 'A Lonely Furrow': Tagore, Gandhi and Nehruvian Non-alignment; 3. 'The Outbreak of Peace': India and the Korean War, 1950–1953; 4. 'The Fog of War': India, the Suez Canal Crisis and the Hungarian Revolution, 1956; 5. 'Bad Ethics and Worse Policy': India and the Congo Crisis, 1960–1964; 6. Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 23.04.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 504 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-57908-8 / 1009579088 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-57908-7 / 9781009579087 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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