When Nehru Looked East

Download or read book When Nehru Looked East written by Francine R. Frankel and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first analysis of India-U.S. foreign policy during the formative period of their relations to be able to use the Nehru Papers, the seminal source for understanding the worldview of India's first Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs, 1947-1964. Nehru established the twin pillars of Non-Alignment and Asianism as the foundation of India's foreign policy. Read alongside declassified U.S. documents and available declassified Chinese documents, they provide the foundational understanding of U.S.-India suspicion and India-China rivalry.