{"product_id":"in-service-of-emergent-india-a-call-to-honor-hardback-9780253349361","title":"In Service of Emergent India; A Call to Honor (Hardback) 9780253349361","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIn Service of Emergent India\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Call to Honor\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJaswant Singh (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253349361\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 September 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e416 pages, 46 b\u0026amp;w photos, 3 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.839 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\". . . Singh's anecdotal memoirs are worthwhile for scholars of India and South Asian diplomacy. . . . Recommended.\"—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This book tells Singh's fascinating personal story and gives his no less fascinating account of what as an emerging power India has had—and still has—to live through: the big—power politics and the small—power politics. It is an education.\"—\u003ci\u003eSir V. S. Naipaul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Jaswant Singh is a man of parts—a soldier, politician, statesman, and elegant writer. He tells more than the story of his life, though that is quite a tale in itself. His memoir captures much of the experience of his country as it moved from the Raj to independence to its emergence as a major power. This is a book that should be read by anyone who cares about India's importance—and that should be everyone.\"—\u003ci\u003eStrobe Talbott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Service of Emergent India\u003c\/i\u003e is an evocative insider's account of a crucial period in India's history. It provides an in-depth look at events that changed the way the world perceived India, and a unique view of Indian statecraft. As Minister of External Affairs, Defense, and Finance in the BJP-led governments of 1996 and 1998-2004, Jaswant Singh was the main foreign policy spokesman for the government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee during the 1998 nuclear tests by India and Pakistan, the hijacking to Kandahar, Afghanistan, of Indian Airlines flight IC 814, and the Kargil conflict between India and Pakistan, as well as other key events. In an account that is part memoir, part analysis of India's past and future prospects, Singh reflects on his childhood in rural Rajasthan at the end of the colonial period, his schooling and military training, and memories of Indian Independence and the Partition of India and Pakistan. He analyzes the first four decades of Indian nationhood under Congress Party rule, ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan, Sino-Indian relations, and post-9\/11 U.S.-Indian relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Foreword by Strobe Talbott\u003cbr\u003e Preface: Prelude to Honor\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Part I. A Look Back\u003cbr\u003e 1. Memories of a Sunlit Land\u003cbr\u003e 2. Born of the Same Womb: Pakistan\u003cbr\u003e 3. India: The Journey from Nation to Statehood\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Challenge and Response\u003cbr\u003e 4. Pokhran II: The Implosion of Nuclear Apartheid\u003cbr\u003e 5. Pokhran Looks East\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Asian Two: India and China\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Statecraft Is a Cruel Business\u003cbr\u003e 7. Troubled Neighbor, Turbulent Times: 1999\u003cbr\u003e 8. Troubled Neighbor, Turbulent Times: 2001\u003cbr\u003e 9. Engaging the Natural Ally\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Republican Innings\u003cbr\u003e 11. Some Afterwords\u003cbr\u003e Appendixes\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520406352152,"sku":"9780253349361","price":28.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/in-service-of-emergent-india-a-call-to-honor-hardback-9780253349361","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}