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Co-published by Johns Hopkins U. Press and the Woodrow Wilson Center Press, this account of the roller-coaster relationship between the US and Pakistan draws on primary documentary sources and interviews to tell the story of political and security interaction between the two countries. Discussion encompasses other aspects of the relationship as well, such as economic issues, mainly as they affect political and security ties. Material is organized by US presidential administration, from the pre-independence years through the Clinton administration. Kux is a retired State Department South Asia specialist who dealt with India and Pakistan for two decades. He is now a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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"Dennis Kux's book possesses a wealth of new information, based partly on fresh research in published and archival sources, but based even more impressively on the more than 100 personal interviews he conducted with former diplomats and defense officials in both the United States and Pakistan."–Robert J. McMahon, University of Florida"Kux's study is, to my knowledge, the first full-dress, comprehensive, and authoritative study of U.S.-Pakistan relations. Focused primarily on formal diplomacy between these two countries, it systematically chronicles the major events, deftly handles the primary issues, and sympathetically considers the key political and diplomatic figures on both sides."–Robert Wirsing, University of South CarolinaU.S.-Pakistan relations have been extraordinarily volatile, largely a function of the twists and turns of the Cold War. An intimate partnership prevailed in the Eisenhower, Nixon, and Reagan years, and friction during the Kennedy, Johnson, and Carter presidencies. Since the Cold War ended, the partnership has shriveled. The blunt talking to delivered by President Clinton to Pakistan's military dictator during Clinton's March 25, 2000, stopover in Pakistan highlighted U.S.-Pakistani differences. But the Clinton visit also underscored important U.S. interests in Pakistan.The first comprehensive account of this roller coaster relationship, this book is a companion volume to Kux's Estranged Democracies, recently called "the definitive history of Pakistani-American relations" in the New York Times.
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