Beschreibung:
Šumit Ganguly is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science and holds the Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations at Indiana University, Bloomington.
"This comprehensive work draws on a wide body of theoretical literature on international rivalries to explain the origins and evolution of the Sino-Indian rivalry. It argues that the Sino-Indian rivalry has systemic implications at both global and regional levels"--
Part I: 1. Introduction; 2. The Sino-Indian rivalry: spatial and positional contestation; Part II. Spatial and Positional Considerations and Violence: 3. The Sino-Indian rivalry: the positional dimension (1940s¿1950s) ; 4. Positional issues and the 1962 Sino-Indian War; Part III. The Evolution of the Rivalry: 5. Crises in Sino-Indian relations; 6. Asymmetries and rivalry: economic, nuclear, naval; Part IV. Interconnected Rivalries and Systemic Considerations: 7. The emergence of a triadic rivalry; 8. The Sino-Indian rivalry in regional and global context; Part V: 9. Conclusion.