Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru: 19 October 1952-31 December 1952
Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru: 19 October 1952-31 December 1952

Author: Jawaharlal Nehru

Publisher:

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 666

ISBN-13:

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This volume covers nearly eleven weeks, from October 6, 1948, when Nehru left India for London to attend the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, to December 19, when the annual session of the Indian National Congress at Jaipur concluded. It collects Nehru's addresses and articles related to this stressful time in world history. Among his articles are support for the causes of Indonesia and the Africans in their battles against alien rulers; arguments for the continued membership of India in the Commonwealth; and a piece on the importance of protecting Indian interests in neighboring countries. Above all, Nehru stressed the need to maintain secular values, and the urgency of restructuring the economy to meet the demands of free India.

A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 3
A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 3

Author: Melvyn C. Goldstein

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2013-12-07

Total Pages: 590

ISBN-13: 0520276515

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Continues: A history of modern Tibet. Volume 2, The calm before the storm, 1951-1955.

Eisenhower & Cambodia
Eisenhower & Cambodia

Author: William J. Rust

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Published: 2016-06-10

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 0813167450

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This historical study examines America’s Cold War diplomacy and covert operations intended to lure Cambodia from neutrality to alliance. Although most Americans paid little attention to Cambodia during Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidency, the global ideological struggle with the Soviet Union guaranteed US vigilance throughout Southeast Asia. Cambodia’s leader, Norodom Sihanouk, refused to take sides in the Cold War, a policy that disturbed US officials. From 1953 to 1961, his government avoided the political and military crises of neighboring Laos and South Vietnam. However, relations between Cambodia and the United States suffered a blow in 1959 when Sihanouk discovered CIA involvement in a plot to overthrow him. The failed coup only increased Sihanouk’s power and prestige, presenting new foreign policy challenges in the region. In Eisenhower and Cambodia, William J. Rust demonstrates that covert intervention in the political affairs of Cambodia proved to be a counterproductive tactic for advancing the United States’ anticommunist goals. Drawing on recently declassified sources, Rust skillfully traces the impact of “plausible deniability” on the formulation and execution of foreign policy. His meticulous study not only reveals a neglected chapter in Cold War history but also illuminates the intellectual and political origins of US strategy in Vietnam and the often-hidden influence of intelligence operations in foreign affairs.

Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru: 15 August 1947 to 31 December, 1947
Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru: 15 August 1947 to 31 December, 1947

Author: Jawaharlal Nehru

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 776

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This volume covers nearly eleven weeks, from October 6, 1948, when Nehru left India for London to attend the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, to December 19, when the annual session of the Indian National Congress at Jaipur concluded. It collects Nehru's addresses and articles related to this stressful time in world history. Among his articles are support for the causes of Indonesia and the Africans in their battles against alien rulers; arguments for the continued membership of India in the Commonwealth; and a piece on the importance of protecting Indian interests in neighboring countries. Above all, Nehru stressed the need to maintain secular values, and the urgency of restructuring the economy to meet the demands of free India.

To the End of Revolution
To the End of Revolution

Author: Xiaoyuan Liu

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2020-07-07

Total Pages: 718

ISBN-13: 0231551274

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The status of Tibet is one of the most controversial and complex issues in the history of modern China. In To the End of Revolution, Xiaoyuan Liu draws on unprecedented access to the archives of the Chinese Communist Party to offer a groundbreaking account of Beijing’s evolving Tibet policy during the critical first decade of the People’s Republic. Liu details Beijing’s overarching strategy toward Tibet, the last frontier for the Communist revolution to reach. He analyzes how China’s new leaders drew on Qing and Nationalist legacies as they attempted to resolve a problem inherited from their predecessors. Despite acknowledging that religion, ethnicity, and geography made Tibet distinct, Beijing nevertheless forged ahead, zealously implementing socialist revolution while vigilantly guarding against real and perceived enemies. Seeking to wait out local opposition before choosing to ruthlessly crush Tibetan resistance in the late 1950s, Beijing eventually incorporated Tibet into its sociopolitical system. The international and domestic ramifications, however, are felt to this day. Liu offers new insight into the Chinese Communist Party’s relations with the Dalai Lama, ethnic revolts across the vast Tibetan plateau, and the suppression of the Lhasa Rebellion in 1959. Placing Beijing’s approach to Tibet in the contexts of the Communist Party’s treatment of ethnic minorities and China’s broader domestic and foreign policies in the early Cold War, To the End of Revolution is the most detailed account to date of Chinese thinking and acting on Tibet during the 1950s.

The 1857 Indian Uprising and the Politics of Commemoration
The 1857 Indian Uprising and the Politics of Commemoration

Author: Sebastian Raj Pender

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-05-05

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1009059254

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The Cawnpore Well, Lucknow Residency, and Delhi Ridge were sacred places within the British imagination of India. Sanctified by the colonial administration in commemoration of victory over the 'Sepoy Mutiny' of 1857, they were read as emblems of empire which embodied the central tenets of sacrifice, fortitude, and military prowess that underpinned Britain's imperial project. Since independence, however, these sites have been rededicated in honour of the 'First War of Independence' and are thus sacred to the memory of those who revolted against colonial rule, rather than those who saved it. The 1857 Indian Uprising and the Politics of Commemoration tells the story of these and other commemorative landscapes and uses them as prisms through which to view over 150 years of Indian history. Based on extensive archival research from India and Britain, Sebastian Raj Pender traces the ways in which commemoration responded to the demands of successive historical moments by shaping the events of 1857 from the perspective of the present. By telling the history of India through the transformation of mnemonic space, this study shows that remembering the past is always a political act.

Selected Works of Govind Ballabh Pant
Selected Works of Govind Ballabh Pant

Author: Govind Ballabh Pant

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 610

ISBN-13:

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v. 1. covers 1906 to 1924 -- v. 2. covers 1924 to 1925 -- v. 3. covers 1925 to 1926 -- v. 4. covers January 1927 to March 1928 -- v. 5. covers June 1928 to December 1934 -- v. 6. covers January 1935 to September 1936 -- v. 7. covers September 1936 to December 1937 -- v. 8. covers January-December 1938 -- v. 9. covers January 1939 to August 1942 -- v. 10. covers [September 1942 to March 1946] -- v. 11. covers April 1946 to August 1947 -- v. 12. covers August 1947 to March 1949 -- v. 13. covers April 1949 to August 1951 -- v. 14. covers September 1951 to March 1953 -- v. 15. covers April 1953 to December 1954 -- v. 16. covers January 1955 to August 1956 -- v. 17. covers August 1956 to December 1958.