Indian foreign policy
Subtitle: the politics of postcolonial identity
By: Priya Chacko
Series: Interventions
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780415665681; 9780203147733
Subjects: East Indian National characteristics; Foreign relations; Postcolonialism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part 1. India as a "moral power", 1947-1964: nuclear technology, disarmament and the ambivalence of postcolonial identity; rejecting the "fear complex": constructing an international politics of friendship; friendship to betrayal: the India-China war; title: Part 2. Grappling with postcoloniality: 1964-2004: interventions and explosions: wither an ethical modernity; India in South Asia: danger, desire, friendship and fraternity; foreign policy, identity and the BJP: correcting the emasculation of state power; conclusion.