LEADER 03982nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910810683803321 005 20240416190825.0 010 $a1-282-86134-4 010 $a9786612861345 010 $a0-7735-7130-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773571303 035 $a(CKB)1000000000244911 035 $a(OCoLC)80221013 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10119763 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000280041 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11251369 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000280041 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10268241 035 $a(PQKB)10020985 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400137 035 $a(CaBNvSL)gtp00521417 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3330653 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10132835 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL286134 035 $a(OCoLC)929120836 035 $a(DE-B1597)654554 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773571303 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/m9n1b2 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400137 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3330653 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3243424 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000244911 100 $a20030425d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe greater game $eIndia's race with destiny and China /$fDavid Van Praagh 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMontreal $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (468 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-7735-2639-0 311 $a0-7735-2588-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references: p. [431]-434. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tIllustrations -- $tA Tryst with More Than Destiny -- $tIndia Beyond Midnight -- $t?Terrorism Is Terrorism? -- $tCaste and Crass -- $tDung and Decency -- $tThe Nehrus -- $tWinning at Any Cost -- $tThe Soul of a Nation -- $tNearly Going Communist -- $tPresuming Too Much -- $tBack to the Past -- $tThe Only Option -- $tA Historic Turning Point -- $tFinally the Future Beckons -- $tViolence, Alignment, and the Bomb -- $tDebacle in the High Himalayas -- $tTalking Peace and Waging War -- $tBetween Dragon and Serpent -- $tAn Unlikely Expression of Hope -- $tVale of Death -- $tTesting and Fighting -- $tNo Mahatma to Wait For -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aDavid Van Praagh argues that Hindu nationalists, the country's new paramount political force, are creating a new kind of coalition politics that discourages religious clashes. Led by the Bharatiya Janata Party they are also bringing about needed economic liberalization. Since coming to power in 1998, the Hindu nationalists led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani have brought India out of the nuclear closet with a series of tests confirming its status as a nuclear power. After the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 on America and three months later on the Indian Parliament, the United States and India have quietly become "allies in the cause of democracy," with an eye to containing not only terrorists but China. Van Praagh, a journalist with many years of experience in India and Asia as a correspondent for the Globe and Mail and other Canadian and U.S. newspapers, combines first-hand coverage of events, historical narrative, and timely analysis in this clearly written and provocative book. The Greater Game details India's political evolution and that country's emergence as not only the preeminent power in the Subcontinent but also a major world power. 606 $aPolitical science 607 $aIndia$xHistory$y1947- 607 $aIndia$xPolitics and government$y1947- 607 $aIndia$xForeign relations$zChina 607 $aChina$xForeign relations$zIndia 615 0$aPolitical science. 676 $a954.05 700 $aVan Praagh$b David$01716820 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810683803321 996 $aThe greater game$94112387 997 $aUNINA