JFK's Forgotten Crisis: Tibet, the CIA, and the Sino-Indian War
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (966 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0815731639 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 177 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Riedel transports the reader back to one of the most important chapters in America’s foreign policy using intimate detail, insight, and instructive lessons to future policymakers.Stephen Hadley, former National Security AdviserBruce Riedel peels back the diplomatic, military, and intelligence inner workings of the crisis that drew America to the edge of war with China and brilliantly road maps the decades-long ripple effect of decisions made by JFK. Every aspect of this book, from its review of Korean warera intelligence to the geopolitical role of military aid to India or Pakistan, offers valuabl
Kennedy. The United States did not abandon this covert support until relations were normalized with China in the 1970s.Riedel tells this story of war, diplomacy, and covert action with authority and perspective. He engaged in diplomatic talks that kept the neighboring Pakistanis out of the fighting. He draws on newly declassified letters between Kennedy and Indian leader Jawaharlal Nehru, along with the diaries and memoirs of key players and other sources, to make this the definitive account of JFK's forgotten crisis. support of Tibetan opposition to Chinese occupation of Tibet. He details how the United States, beginning in 1957, trained and parachuted Tibetan guerrillas into Tibet to fight Chinese military forces. Bruce Riedel provides new perspective and insights into Kennedy's forgotten crisis in the most dangerous days of the cold war.The Cuban Missile Crisis defined the presidency of John F. This is, Riedel writes, Kennedy's finest hour as you have never read it before.. But during t
"and probably Great Britain would have gone to war with China if" according to M. A Michaud. Straightforward and long overdue account of a Cold War crisisThe brief India-China war of October-November 1962 has received little attention from major media because it occurred at the same time as the Cuban Missile Crisis. Riedel, a former career CIA officer, has provided us with a much-needed straightforward account of events leading up to that clash, and of the aftermath.Riedel concludes that “The events of 1962 created the balance of power, the a. ChetD said Reveling portrayal of behind the scene diplomatic maneuvering between the great powers at a very contentious time in history. Very will written account of behind the scene diplomatic maneuvering between the great powers at a very contentious time in history where the risk of unleashing nuclear armageddon was button push away.The role of the USAF and RAF resupplying Indian forces facing China is little known and discussed in India.I guess it would not fit the Nehru image of being the solitary leader of the non aligned movement. Also the events leading to the genesis of the present . Kindle Customer said A Revalation. During the entire period covered by this book I was on my first overseas assignment as the most junior Foreign Service Officer at the American Embassy at Kathmandu, Nepal. The accounts in the book of all public and a few official events coincide with my recollections. However, I had no contemporary knowledge of the events in Washington and New Delhi nor of the central role Ambassador Galbraith played in guiding events. We were so far out of the loop that Ga