India and the South Asian Strategic Triangle (Paperback)

1. Introduction  2. 1950s: From China-India Pretensions and Complicity to Strategic Contentions  3. Theory of Strategic Triangles and its relevance in the Indian Subcontinent and Himalayan Zone  4. Strategic Triangles in the Himalayan Zone; pre-1949 History and 1949-50  5. The Making of Sino-Indian Conflict: Role of Bilateral Actions- Reactions, Third Party Foreign Influences & Domestic Politics in Foreign Policy  6. The Inevitability of Sino-Indian Conflict  7. India Regrouped, China’s Irredentist Escalation Continued (1962- ) and the China-India-Pakistan Triangle Emerged (1963- )  8. Sino-Indian Manoeuvres That Led to a Strategic Stalemate and Conflict Formation  9. Current Dynamics and a Look to the Future