{"product_id":"ynzr9fgxak05","title":"The Fractured Himalaya: India China Tibet  1949-62 [Hardcover]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy did India and China go to war in 1962? What propelled Jawaharlal Nehru's 'vision' of China? Why is it necessary to understand the trans-Himalayan power play of India and China in the formative period\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof their nationhoods? The past shadows the present in this relationship and shapes current policy options, strongly influencing public debate in India to this day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNirupama Rao, a former Foreign Secretary of India, unknots this intensely complex saga of the early years of the India-China relationship. As a diplomat-practitioner, Rao's telling is based not only on archival material from India, China, Britain and the United States, but also on a deep personal knowledge of China, where she served as India's Ambassador. In addition, she brings a practitioner's keen eye to the labyrinth of negotiations and official interactions that took place between the two countries from 1949 to 1962.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Fractured Himalaya looks at the inflection points when the trajectory of diplomacy between these two nations could have course-corrected but did not. Importantly, it dwells on the strategic dilemma posed by Tibet in relations between India and China-a dilemma that is far from being resolved. The question of Tibet is closely interwoven into the fabric of this history. It also turns the searchlight on the key personalities involved-Jawaharlal Nehru, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and the 14th Dalai Lama-and their interactions as the tournament of those years was played out, moving step by closer step to the conflict of 1962.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48328580333818,"sku":"YNZR9FGXAK05","price":700.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/0473\/5226\/files\/YNZR9FGXAK05_1.jpg?v=1724841898","url":"https:\/\/versoz.co.in\/products\/ynzr9fgxak05","provider":"VERSOZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}