"Through the lens of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, former senior U.S. embassy official Ted Craig offers an insightful, fast-moving tour through U.S.-Pakistan relations, from 9/11 to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan"-- "Pakistan and American Diplomacy offers an insightful, fast-moving tour through Pakistan-U.S. relations, from 9/11 to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, as told from the perspective of a former U.S. diplomat who served twice in Pakistan. Ted Craig frames his narrative around the 2019 Cricket World Cup, a contest that saw Pakistan square off against key neighbors and cricketing powers Afghanistan, India, and Bangladesh, and its former colonial ruler, Britain. Craig provides perceptive analysis of Pakistan's diplomacy since its independence in 1947, shedding light on the country's contemporary relations with the United States, China, India, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan. With insights from the field and from Washington, Craig reflects on the chain of policy decisions that led to the fall of the Kabul government in 2021 and offers a sober and balanced view of the consequences of that policy failure. Drawing on his post-Cold War diplomatic career, Craig presents U.S.-Pakistan policy in the context of an American experiment in promoting democracy while combating terrorism. "-- Provided by publisher. Provided by publisher.

Prologue : Resetting the Relationship -- Pakistan's Elections and American Democracy Promotion -- On Cricket, Pakistan's National Pastime -- China and America in Pakistan -- Decolonizing a Sport -- Britain's Imperial Legacy in Pakistan -- The Challenges of Insurgencies and Terrorism -- Hostage Diplomacy -- A Dogfight over Kashmir -- Lessons in Democracy Promotion from Southern Africa -- New Zealand as the Best of the West -- American and Pakistani Misadventures in the Great Game -- An Embarrassing Economic Divergence -- The World Cup Final -- The Perils of Legislating Blasphemy -- U.S.-Pakistan Relations in a New South Asia.