On May 11 ,1998 India firmly made its nuclear ambitions clear when it detonated nuclear devices in Pokhran.These detonations shook the world and their after affects are still being felt today.Shortly afterwards Pakistan also flexed its nuclear muscles at Chagai,thus making the Indian subcontinent with three confirmed NWS(nuclear weapon states including a member of P-5) the densest nuclear armed place in world.These tests upset the non proliferation regime applecart,isolated India in the comity of nations and also exposed flaws in American surveillance.The whole situaution required deft diplomacy and dialogue and that was what Strobe Talbott ,the Deputy Secretary of State under Clinton and Jaswant Singh,then foreign minister accomplished.These epic talks between the two estranged diplomacies,which were unprecedented in their scope and results spanned 21 meetings,14 countries and 3 continents.They resulted in the hugely sucessful visit to India by Clinton.To understand India's nuclear politics,the ways of international diplomacy and the future of Indo-American relations read this book.The tumultous events of Kargil war viewed at the American end,overthrow of Nawaz Sharif by Musharraf and also negotiations with the Pakistanis regarding their nuclear arsenal are also described.Some previously unconfirmed rumors about how the Americans pressurised Narashima Rao not to test in 1995 and how close the BJP led coalition was to ordering a test during their first rule of 13 days are also confirmed
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