{"product_id":"neighbours-in-arms","title":"Neighbours in Arms","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs chairman of the US Senate's Arms Control Subcommittee, Larry Pressler advocated the now-famous Pressler Amendment, enforced in 1990 when President George H.W. Bush could not certify that Pakistan was not developing a nuclear weapon. 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. The book provides a comprehensive account of how US foreign policy in the subcontinent was formed from 1974 till today and ends with recommendations of a new US-India alliance that could be a model for American allies in future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Larry Pressler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44248934514748,"sku":"9780670089314","price":3146.25,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/neighbours-in-arms-9780670089314.jpg?v=1776805732","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/neighbours-in-arms","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}