India and China at Odds in the Asian Century

'Balachandran moves beyond surface level commentary and attempts to investigate ... ""cultural roots"".' * <b><I>Asian Affairs</I></b> * 'Drawing on his personal experience at a founding moment in the diplomatic opening between India and China, the author offers us a finely grained and deeply thoughtful history of their relations since then. It tells the story of a relationship that will shape our global future.' -- <b>Faisal Devji, Professor of Indian History, University of Oxford</b> 'This unconventional book, by a thoughtful former Indian intelligence officer, is far more than a book about India-China relations. Between the bookends of his analysis of the relationship, Vappala Balachandran traces the changing 'idea of India' which bears on its security.' -- -- <b>Kanti Bajpai, Wilmar Professor of Asian Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore</b> 'This is a timely, important, and ambitious book. It is not only deeply informed but also perceptive and provocative. Packed full of illuminating insights and magnificently researched detail, it carefully charts the troubled path of China-India relations during the ""Asian century'"" and offers astute assessments of the Indo-Pacific's future in an era of growing strategic competition between Beijing and New Delhi. This book is indispensable for scholars and general readers concerned with contemporary power politics. It is simply superb.' -- <b>Paul McGarr, Kings College London, author of <I>Spying in South Asia</I></b>