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The brief border war between China and India in 1962 remains shrouded in controversy. As Bruce Riedel, a 30-year veteran of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and an advisor… Click to show full abstract
The brief border war between China and India in 1962 remains shrouded in controversy. As Bruce Riedel, a 30-year veteran of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and an advisor on South Asia to four US Presidents, reminds us, we knowmuch more about the Indian side of the conflict than the Chinese. However, key Indian documents remain as closed to scrutiny as those of China. The declassified CIA documents and the formerly secret exchanges between Prime Minister Nehru and President Kennedy in the midst of the war and its aftermath add little to what was known previously.
Journal Title: Asian Affairs
Year Published: 2017
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