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Engaging India
Diplomacy, Democracy,
and the Bomb
REVISED EDITION
Strobe Talbott
A fascinating study of how
diplomatic dialogue can
slowly broaden to include
subtle considerations of
the domestic politics and
foreign policies of both
countries involved.
– Foreign Affairs
In this revised edition
of the highly praised
Engaging India, Strobe
Talbott updates his
bestselling diplomatic account of America’s parallel
negotiations with India and Pakistan over nuclear
proliferation in the late 1990s. The update looks at
recent nuclear dealings between India and the United
States, including Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh’s 2005 visit to America. Under the highly
controversial agreement that emerged, the United
States would give India access to U.S. nuclear
technology and conventional weapons systems.
In exchange, India would place its civilian nuclear
program under international monitoring and continue
the ban on nuclear testing.
Contents
1 The Lost Half Century
2 The Desert Rises
3 The Mountain Turns White
4 Jaswant’s Village
5 Stuck on the Tarmac
6 Soft Stonewalling
7 The Avatar of Evil
8 From Kargil to Blair House
9 Sisyphus at India House
10 A Guest in the Parliament
11 Unfinished Business
Acknowledgments; Notes; Index
Democracy after Pinochet
Politics, Parties, and Elections
in Chile
Alan Angell
This book examines the politics of democracy in
Chile since the election of 1989 saw the transition
from a military dictatorship. Since that date,
democracy has become firmly established in Chile,
and the country has seen an unpredecented period
of economic growth and political stability. Yet the
experience of the 1973 coup, the long period of
dictatorship and of exile for the opposition cast
long shadows over Chile. This book examines how
the insitutions of authoritarianism have weakened
over time and how democracy has become firmly
institutionalised.
Chapters one and two examine international aspects
of the 1973 coup and how these influenced the
development of politics inside Chile. Chapters
three, four, and five provide empirical analyses
of the 1989, 1993, and 1999/2000 presidential
elections, respectively. Chapter six investigates
how the Pinochet factor influenced developments
after 1990 and the Chilean reaction to Pinochet’s
arrest in London in 1998. Chapter seven assesses
changes in the Chilean party system and links these
to similar processes elsewhere. The final chapter
examines the paradox that despite economic and
social advances, opinion polls report a low level of
attachment to democracy and very low levels of
confidence in political institutions.
2006, 200 pages, 6 x 9”
1-900-03971-0 / 978-1-900039-71-0
paper $29.95 CRO
2006, 250 pages, 6 x 9”
0-8157-8301-9 / 978-0-8157-8301-5
paper $24.95 CRO
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