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Received wisdom holds that JFK’s finest hour as commander-in-chief was his adroit handling of the Cuban Missile crisis later that ... McNamara certainly hadn’t forgotten about the B-70 when ...
The Prime Minister recommended the book JFK’s Forgotten Crisis, which details discussions between former Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and suggested ...
During his reply to the Motion of Thanks during the Budget Session, PM Modi made several interesting cultural references. The first involved a famous TOI cartoon by R.K. Laxman, which showed the ...
Kennedy was facing urgent crises. In the Caribbean, the United States and the Soviet Union would soon be eyeball to eyeball in a nuclear crisis which could have resulted in Armageddon. In the ...
In Lok Sabha, PM Narendra Modi recommended Bruce Riedel's book, 'JFK's Forgotten Crisis', highlighting Nehru's interactions with JFK. Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a fierce speech in the ...
JFK’s Forgotten Crisis: Tibet, the CIA, and Sino-Indian War by Brookings scholar Bruce Riedel is the first book to examine in depth the Kennedy administration’s decision-making during the Sino ...
PM recommended MPs to read 'JFK’s Forgotten Crisis' book written by American analyst Bruce Riedel. The book, titled 'JFK's Forgotten Crisis: Tibet, the CIA and the Sino-Indian War', highlights ...
Additionally, PM Modi said: "If one is truly interested in understanding foreign affairs and diplomacy, one must read the book--JFK's Forgotten Crisis: Tibet, the CIA, and the Sino-Indian War by ...
If the Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous moment of the Cold War, Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats may mark the most perilous moment to date of the post-Cold War period. JFK’s ...
However, JFK’s Forgotten Crisis argues that Nehru’s idealism left him blindsided to the realpolitik of China’s territorial ambitions. Riedel critiques Nehru’s overreliance on diplomacy ...