"Traces the history of the United States, India, and Pakistan as British colonies and their interaction in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, particularly in regard to relations between India and Pakistan, nuclear proliferation, the global jihad movement, and U.S. diplomatic efforts to stabilize conditions on the subcontinent"--Provided by publisher.

Mumbai on fire -- America, the Raj, and partition -- In the shadow of the Cold War: the first forty years -- The Carter and Reagan years -- From crisis to crisis: Bush and Clinton -- Bush, Mush, and Sonia -- Obama and South Asia -- Promoting game change in South Asia.