What do we get from Pakistan? Major shifts in United States-Pakistan relations, 1947–1982

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" What do we get from Pakistan? Major shifts in United States-Pakistan relations, 1947–1982 "
Russell Ryan Williams E. Moise

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	55635
Doc. No	:	TL25589
Call number	:	‭1441659‬
Main Entry	:	Russell Ryan Williams
Title & Author	:	What do we get from Pakistan? Major shifts in United States-Pakistan relations, 1947–1982\ Russell Ryan Williams
College	:	Clemson University
Date	:	2007
Degree	:	M.A.
student score	:	2007
Page No	:	104
Abstract	:	This thesis examines two crucial periods in the history of U.S.-Pakistan relations and how American policy makers' strategic thinking about Pakistan shaped the course of relations. Following the Korean War and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the United States invested heavily in the military forces of Pakistan. During both periods, it was widely held that the Soviet Union endeavored to threaten the Middle East and gain an outlet onto Indian Ocean. American planners believed that because of Pakistan's strategic location, it would be essential to preventing Soviet expansion in the region. In many ways, U.S. thinking in both periods closely resembled British thinking about South and Central Asia during the 19th and early 20 th century. It was believed that Tsarist Russia sought to threaten British India as well as acquire warm-water ports on the Indian Ocean. Dubbed "The Great Game," this interpretation of Russia and South Asia and its impact on American thinking in the region will also be discussed. This history of U.S.-Pakistan relations focuses primarily on the perspective of U.S. policy makers and thus most of the research is based on official documents of the U.S. Department of State and other government agencies. Much of this research was completed at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland and the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject	:	Social sciences; History; American history; 0582:History; 0337:American history; 0332:History
Added Entry	:	E. Moise
Added Entry	:	Clemson University