The United States and India: The Dimensions of Influence

Palmer reviews the course of the relationship between the United States and India, especially since the early 1970s, with particular attention to who influenced whom, in what ways, how, why, and with what results. This book is part of a Praeger series, "Studies of Influence in International Relations." The author considers the troubles of 1971 and the "tilt toward Pakistan," the impact of U.S. global and regional priorities upon bilateral relations, economic trade and aid, security concerns and conflicts, nuclear power developments,and person-to-person Indo-American encounters. The study focuses on the 1970s and 1980s, years of more differences and disagreements than of cooperation, thereby giving a somewhat distorted picture of the overall relationship. ISBN 0-03-069556-2 : $29.95.