India′s Search for Power: Indira Gandhi's Foreign Policy 1966-1982

India′s Search for Power is a scholarly and analytic assessment of Indira Gandhi′s foreign policy during her two tenures in power (1966-77 and 1980 to date). Dr Mansingh has provided a well balanced and comprehensive account of the structure and effects of her foreign policy which goes a long way to becoming the definitive study of the subject. In his foreword Selig Harrison described the book as ′a significant contribution to the literature on South Asia, one that will be of enduring interest to students of India′s foreign policy as well as to those interested in the larger problems of relations between developed and developing countries.′ Surjit Mansingh first examines Indira Gandhi′s foreign policy legacy, and the way in which she modified it. Major foreign policy objectives, and the instruments at Mrs Gandhi′s disposal in achieving those ends are also outlined. In the final chapter the book examines Mrs Gandhi′s economic diplomacy and India′s relationship with institutions such as the World Bank, the IMF, and the EEC.

Table of Contents:
Indira, India and the World India′s Power Instruments and Limitations India and the United States A Missed Partnership India and the Soviet Union Not Quite an Alliance From Confrontation to Normalisation India, Pakistan and China Cooperation, Strife or Hegemony? India and its Smaller Neighbours Indira′s Economic Diplomacy

Review :
`useful...because not only does it put every important development in one place, it does so with a clarity that is often missing in other writings on the same subject.′ -- Financial Express, 8.4.84 `the most perceptive study yet of the politics of South Asia between 1966 and 1982′ -- Sunday Observer, April 1984 `analyses with great subtlety the role of Mrs Gandhi, and India′s relations with the two super powers and her neighbours.′ -- Tiers Monde `a very important addition to works on Indian foreign policy.′ -- The Telegraph, 22.7.84 `a scholarly assessment of Indira Gandhi′s foreign policy and presents a very balanced view on the subject. It is a definite contribution to the literature not only on India′s foreign policy but on South Asia as such.′ -- Teaching Politics, Vol 8 No 3/4 `a magisterial survey of India′s entire contemporary foreign policy and position...captures the whole period of Mrs Gandhi′s rule. Her assessments of both India and Mrs Gandhi are soundly informed, and she has a penetrating eye for the key point.′ -- International Affairs, 1985 `a well-written, widely researched, and clearly argued book.′ -- International Journal, Volume XL No 2 `It will prove immensely useful and informative to students and researchers on India′s foreign policy at a significant period of its contemporary history.′ -- Social Action, Vol 2 No 4, 1985 `a lucid analysis′ -- Politica Internazionale, Spring 1986 `Mansingh′s sharp analysis and sound judgement provide insight into a range of issues that places this book among the best on Indian foreign policy in recent years.′ -- Pacific Affairs, Vol 58 No 2 1985