Nehrus Bandung by Andrea Benvenuti HARDBACK 9781911723189

Name: Nehrus Bandung by Andrea Benvenuti HARDBACK 9781911723189
Brand: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

This book sheds light on a neglected aspect of India\u2019s Cold War diplomacy, starting with the role of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Congress government in organising the first Asian-African Conference in Bandung in April 1955. Andrea Benvenuti shows how, in the early Cold War, Nehru seized the opportunity accorded by the conference to transcend growing international tensions and pursue an alternative vision: a neutralised Asian \u2018area of peace\u2019, underpinned by a code of conduct based on the five principles of peaceful coexistence.\nRelying on Indian, Western and Chinese archival sources, Nehru\u2019s Bandung focuses on the policy concerns and calculations, as well as the international factors, that drove a sceptical Nehru to support Indonesia\u2019s diplomatic push for such a\n\nNehru's Bandung\nNon-Alignment and Regional Order in Indian Cold War Strategy\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Roya;