02583nam 2200637 a 450 991082092730332120230803025343.01-299-05588-50-8157-2409-8(CKB)2670000000330915(EBL)1119302(OCoLC)826652864(SSID)ssj0000821588(PQKBManifestationID)11448337(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000821588(PQKBWorkID)10879635(PQKB)10552281(MiAaPQ)EBC1119302(MdBmJHUP)muse19416(Au-PeEL)EBL1119302(CaPaEBR)ebr10653069(CaONFJC)MIL436838(EXLCZ)99267000000033091520121126d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAvoiding Armageddon America, India, and Pakistan to the brink and back /Bruce RiedelWashington, D.C. Brookings Institution Press20131 online resource (354 p.)Brookings focus booksDescription based upon print version of record.0-8157-2408-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Mumbai on fire -- America, the Raj, and partition -- In the shadow of the Cold War: the first forty years -- The Carter and Reagan years -- From crisis to crisis: Bush and Clinton -- Bush, Mush, and Sonia -- Obama and South Asia -- Promoting game change in South Asia."Traces the history of the United States, India, and Pakistan as British colonies and their interaction in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, particularly in regard to relations between India and Pakistan, nuclear proliferation, the global jihad movement, and U.S. diplomatic efforts to stabilize conditions on the subcontinent"--Provided by publisher.Brookings focus books.TerrorismSouth AsiaPreventionNuclear arms controlSouth AsiaUnited StatesForeign relationsSouth AsiaSouth AsiaForeign relationsUnited StatesIndiaForeign relationsPakistanPakistanForeign relationsIndiaTerrorismPrevention.Nuclear arms control327.73054Riedel Bruce O859363MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820927303321Avoiding Armageddon4126464UNINA