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In Service of Emergent India is an evocative insider's account of a crucial period in India's history. It provides an in-depth look at events that changed the way the world perceived India, and a unique view of Indian statecraft. As Minister of External Affairs, Defense, and Finance in the BJP-led governments of 1996 and 1998-2004, Jaswant Singh was the main foreign policy spokesman for the government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee during the 1998 nuclear tests by India and Pakistan, the hijacking to Kandahar, Afghanistan, of Indian Airlines flight IC 814, and the Kargil conflict between India and Pakistan, as well as other key events. In an account that is part memoir, part analysis of India's past and future prospects, Singh reflects on his childhood in rural Rajasthan at the end of the colonial period, his schooling and military training, and memories of Indian Independence and the Partition of India and Pakistan. He analyzes the first four decades of Indian nationhood under Congress Party rule, ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan, Sino-Indian relations, and post-9/11 U.S.-Indian relations.

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  1. Half Title, Frontispiece, Title Page, Copyright, Quotations
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  1. Table of Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Foreword
  2. Strobe Talbott
  3. pp. ix-xiv
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  1. Preface: Prelude to Honor
  2. pp. xv-xviii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xix-xx
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  1. List of Abbreviations, Maps
  2. pp. xxi-xxii
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  1. Part I. A Look Back
  1. 1. Memories of a Sunlit Land
  2. pp. 3-43
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  1. 2. Born of the Same Womb: Pakistan
  2. pp. 44-64
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  1. 3. India: The Journey from Nation to Statehood
  2. pp. 65-92
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  1. Part II. Challenge and Response
  1. 4. Pokhran II: The Implosion of Nuclear Apartheid
  2. pp. 95-112
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  1. 5. Pokhran Looks East
  2. pp. 113-127
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  1. 6. The Asian Two: India and China
  2. pp. 128-158
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  1. Part III. Statecraft Is a Cruel Business
  1. 7. Troubled Neighbor, Turbulent Times: 1999
  2. pp. 161-211
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  1. 8. Troubled Neighbor, Turbulent Times: 2001
  2. pp. 212-230
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  1. 9. Engaging the Natural Ally
  2. pp. 231-280
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  1. 10. The Republican Innings
  2. pp. 281-306
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  1. 11. Some Afterwords
  2. pp. 307-336
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  1. Appendixes
  1. Appendix 1. Text of the United States Administration Statement Giving Details of the Sanctions on June 18, 1998
  2. pp. 337-338
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  1. Appendix 2. Full Text of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru on November 7, 1950
  2. pp. 339-344
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  1. Appendix 3. Statement and Verbatim Record of Press Conference of Shri Jaswant Singh, External Affairs and Defence Minister, July 17, 2001, Agra
  2. pp. 345-346
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  1. Glossary
  2. pp. 347-348
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 349-359
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  1. About the Author
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