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020			_a9781784536909 _qpaperback
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050	0	0	_aDS274.2.P18 _bV38 2017
082			_223 _a327.5941055 VAT-I 537
100	1		_aVatanka, Alex, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aIran and Pakistan : _bsecurity, diplomacy and American influence / _cAlex Vatanka.
250			_aNew paperback edition.
264		1	_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bI.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, _c2017.
300			_axii, 307 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 291-295) and index.
505	0		_aOn the road to India: Iran's and Pakistan's intertwined history -- 1947-1958: early hiccups, as Iran and Pakistan both look to the US for protection -- 1958-1965: regional turbulence and an unlikely union -- 1965-1969: the northern tier: a fluid fault line -- 1969-71: Iran's intervention over the Pakistani defeat of 1971 -- 1971-77: the Shah and Pakistan's reluctant dependence -- 1977-1988: Zia, the Shah and coming of the Ayatollah -- The arrival of the Shi'a-Sunni schism in relations -- 1988-2001: Geopolitical foes, sometime partners -- 2001-present: Afghanistan, the Arab challenge and Iran's soft power in Pakistan.
520			_aThe respective policies of the governments of Iran and Pakistan pose serious challenges to US interests in the Middle East, Asia, and beyond. These two regional powers, with a combined population of around 300 million, have been historically intertwined in various cultural, religious, and political ways. Iran was the first country to recognize the emerging independent state of Pakistan in 1947 and the Shah of Iran was the first head of state to visit the new nation. While this relationship shifted following the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and tensions do exist between Sunni Pakistan and Shi'i Iran, there has nevertheless been a history of cooperation between the two countries in fields that are of great strategic interest to the US: Afghanistan, nuclear proliferation, and terrorism. Yet much of this history of cooperation, conflict, and ongoing interactions remains unexplored. Alex Vatanka here presents the first comprehensive analysis of this long-standing and complex relationship. -- Provided by publisher.
651		0	_aIran _xForeign relations _zPakistan.
651		0	_aPakistan _xForeign relations _zIran.
651		0	_aUnited States _xRelations _zAsia.
651		0	_aAsia _xRelations _zUnited States.
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