The limits of influence America's role in Kashmir /

• Main Author: Schaffer, Howard B.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2009.
• Series: ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series.
• Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE > International. > Government; POLITICAL SCIENCE > General. > International Relations; International law.; Diplomatic relations.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy; United States > Foreign relations > India > Jammu and Kashmir.; Jammu and Kashmir (India) > Foreign relations > United States.; Jammu and Kashmir (India) > International status.; India > Jammu and Kashmir.; United States.; Electronic books.
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"Draws on interviews, historical research, and decades of experience in South Asia to explain and evaluate three generations of U.S. activities and policies toward Kashmir. Brings the discussion up to the current day, concluding with recommendations on the role Washington might usefully play in...

Table of Contents:

• Impasse at the United Nations
• Impact of the alliance with Pakistan
• Eisenhower tries his hand
• Kennedy strikes out
• "A plague on both their houses"
• Off the radar screen
• and back again
• "The most dangerous place in the world"
• Focus on crisis management
• A role for the United States
• Chronology of America's role in Kashmir.