Rudra Chaudhuri is a lecturer in Strategic Studies and South Asian Security at the Department of War Studies and the India Institute, King's College London.
"A meticulously researched [and] compelling study. . . This lucid
and persuasive book offers a nuanced guide to the tortuous course
of relations between two great democracies--which are unlikely to
become more predictable or straightforward any time soon."--The
Financial Times"Based on meticulous archival and interview
research, Forged in Crisis offers a wholly fresh and compelling
account of US-India relations since 1947. Rudra Chaudhuri provides
essential insight into the rise of India, and how Indian political
leaders, policy elites and public views have shaped India foreign
policy since the foundation of the state." -- Professor Theo
Farrell, Head of War Studies, King's College London"This is the
best book on India-US relations in the last twenty years, by a wide
margin. It is incomparable in its probing, sensitive analysis,
elegant writing, exhaustiveness, and the minute, archival-based
empirical rendering of key episodes and periods." -- Kanti Bajpai,
Professor and Vice Dean Research, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public
Policy, National University of Singapore"Forged in Crisis is a
compelling reappraisal of India's relationship with the United
States. Rudra Chaudhuri superbly traces the evolution of India's
doctrine of non-alignment over six decades, and his conclusion is
stark: 'India will never be an ally of the US". As his brilliant
chapter on India's deliberation over the Iraq War shows, the
implications for world politics are considerable." -- Shashank
Joshi, Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute"This new
book on U.S.-India relations dispels both the myth of India as
victim and the idea of volatility, suggesting instead a remarkable
consistency in India's determination since independence in 1947 to
defend its own interests and its approach to the United States. In
Forged in Crisis, Rudra Chaudhuri argues that India has always been
willing to mix idealism with expediency, or, in his words, "ideas
and interests" to gain economic and military help from the United
States without sacrificing its independence." -- Myra MacDonald,
War on the Rocks"A richly detailed history of Indo-US ties ... a
formidable re-analysis of India's foreign policy, one that
rehabilitates India's much denigrated diplomatic record.' -- Ram
Mashru, LSE Review of Books
"This eagerly awaited study more than delivers on its promise ...
this is a book which will provoke much more argument about the
history of the relationship [between India and the USA] and its
present condition for some time to come ... it is essential reading
for anyone interested in India's foreign relations.' -- Ian Hall,
author of Dilemmas of Decline: British Intellectuals and World
Politics, 1945-75"Forged in Crisis makes an important contribution
in advancing our understanding of the sources that have shaped the
trajectory of the US-India relationship. Combing both historical
and contemporary episodes in US-India bilateral ties, it provides a
thorough re-evaluation of non-alignment and its consequences.
Forged in Crisis is an excellent study of the changing contours of
India's policy towards the USA and will help to shape the debate on
this critical foreign policy choice facing India in the coming
years." -- Asian Affairs
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