The Resource Fierce enigmas : a history of the United States in South Asia, Srinath Raghavan
Fierce enigmas : a history of the United States in South Asia, Srinath Raghavan
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- Summary
- "South Asia looms large in American foreign policy. Over the past two decades, we have spent billions of dollars and thousands of human lives in the region, to seemingly little effect. As Srinath Raghavan reveals in Fierce Enigmas, this should not surprise us. For 230 years, America's engagement with India, Afghanistan, and Pakistan has been characterized by short-term thinking and unintended consequences. Beginning with American traders in India in the eighteenth century, the region has become a locus for American efforts-secular and religious-to remake the world in its image"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- vii, 486 pages
- Contents
-
- Fortune, fantasy, and faith
- Under American eyes
- Fighting for freedom
- Allies and aid
- New frontier in South Asia
- The dangerous decade
- Sowing in the wind
- In the unipolar world
- The new century
- Isbn
- 9780465030194
- Label
- Fierce enigmas : a history of the United States in South Asia
- Title
- Fierce enigmas
- Title remainder
- a history of the United States in South Asia
- Statement of responsibility
- Srinath Raghavan
- Subject
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- Economic assistance, American -- South Asia
- Humanitarian assistance, American -- South Asia
- trueIndia -- Foreign relations -- United States
- trueInternational relations
- Military assistance, American -- South Asia
- truePakistan -- Foreign relations -- United States
- trueSouth Asia -- Foreign relations -- United States
- South Asia -- Foreign relations | History
- trueSouth Asia -- History
- trueUnited States -- Foreign relations -- South Asia
- trueUnited States -- Foreign relations | History
- trueAfghanistan -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "South Asia looms large in American foreign policy. Over the past two decades, we have spent billions of dollars and thousands of human lives in the region, to seemingly little effect. As Srinath Raghavan reveals in Fierce Enigmas, this should not surprise us. For 230 years, America's engagement with India, Afghanistan, and Pakistan has been characterized by short-term thinking and unintended consequences. Beginning with American traders in India in the eighteenth century, the region has become a locus for American efforts-secular and religious-to remake the world in its image"--
- Assigning source
- Publisher's description
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10736939
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Raghavan, Srinath
- Dewey number
- 954
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Military assistance, American
- Humanitarian assistance, American
- Economic assistance, American
- United States
- South Asia
- United States
- South Asia
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a history of the United States in South Asia
- Label
- Fierce enigmas : a history of the United States in South Asia, Srinath Raghavan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 420-460) and index
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- Contents
- Fortune, fantasy, and faith -- Under American eyes -- Fighting for freedom -- Allies and aid -- New frontier in South Asia -- The dangerous decade -- Sowing in the wind -- In the unipolar world -- The new century
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- vii, 486 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465030194
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Label
- Fierce enigmas : a history of the United States in South Asia, Srinath Raghavan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 420-460) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Content type code
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- txt
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- rdacontent
- Contents
- Fortune, fantasy, and faith -- Under American eyes -- Fighting for freedom -- Allies and aid -- New frontier in South Asia -- The dangerous decade -- Sowing in the wind -- In the unipolar world -- The new century
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- vii, 486 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465030194
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
Subject
- trueDiplomacy
- trueEast-West relations
- Economic assistance, American -- South Asia
- Humanitarian assistance, American -- South Asia
- trueIndia -- Foreign relations -- United States
- trueInternational relations
- Military assistance, American -- South Asia
- truePakistan -- Foreign relations -- United States
- trueSouth Asia -- Foreign relations -- United States
- South Asia -- Foreign relations | History
- trueSouth Asia -- History
- trueUnited States -- Foreign relations -- South Asia
- trueUnited States -- Foreign relations | History
- trueAfghanistan -- Foreign relations -- United States
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