: Was the USA ready to send its air force to attack China in 1962 if the war with India had not ended? #IndiaNEWS A fuller understanding of Nehru’s China-related policies is not possible without close

Was the USA ready to send its air force to attack China in 1962 if the war with India had not ended? #IndiaNEWS
A fuller understanding of Nehru’s China-related policies is not possible without close examination of the security environment and potential loss of territory in the areas which are now part of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram. India’s relationship with Sikkim too could have evolved on a different trajectory if China had taken a decidedly anti-India attitude from the mid-1950s onwards. Despite Nehru’s overtures of friendship towards China, the relationship deteriorated to the point of a war with that country in 1962. All things considered, Nehru was too sensitive about Chinese concerns that India may be siding with the West.Eisenhower visited India in December 1959. No other US President had visited India till then. Nehru had visited the US in October-November 1949 and again in December 1956. A return visit by the US President was due and it is also likely that that the US was mindful that Soviet assistance in heavy industry was influencing Delhi. Negotiations between India and the USSR on arms purchases had also probably started in the latter half of the 1950s. President Eisenhower came to Delhi after visiting Pakistan and Afghanistan. Large crowds greeted him, and the discussions he had with Nehru centred on China. As Bruce Riedel suggests,...Read more

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