bookreview

Book Review of "Neighbours in Arms: An American Senator’s Quest for Disarmament in a Nuclear Subcontinent" by Larry Pressler

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Abstract

As chairman of the US Senate s Arms Control Subcommittee, Larry Pressler advocated the now-famous Pressler Amendment, enforced in 1990. Aid and military sales to Pakistan were blocked, including a consignment of F-16 fighter aircraft, changing forever the tenor of the United States relationships with Pakistan and India, and making Pressler a temporary hero throughout India and a devil in Pakistan . This book reveals what went on behind the scenes in the years when the Pressler Amendment was in force, through a cast of characters that include presidents, prime ministers, senators and generals in the US, India and Pakistan. It exposes the enormous power wielded by the military-industrial complex, which the author terms Octopus , and how it controls significant aspects of the American presence in the Indian subcontinent.

How to Cite:

Bibi, G., (2018) “Book Review of "Neighbours in Arms: An American Senator’s Quest for Disarmament in a Nuclear Subcontinent" by Larry Pressler”, International Journal of Nuclear Security 4(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.7290/ijns040110