This book considers the forces that shaped India's postwar position
as a major power. It examines the growth and development of India's
defense infrastructure from the eve of the Second World War in 1938
through the transfer of power and partition in 1947 to the creation
of the Baghdad Pact in 1955. The study shows how the British
invested in the expansion of India's defense infrastructure during
the Second World War in order to defend their imperial interests
east of Suez. It also examines the effects of partition and de jure
independence on India's access to this infrastructure. Finally, it
analyzes the impact that India's possession of this infrastructure
had on three developments of major importance to postwar
geopolitics: India's leadership of newly independent former
colonies, the decline of the British empire east of Suez, and the
origins of the Cold War in Asia.
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