التجسس في جنوب آسيا.. الحرب الباردة السرية بين بريطانيا والولايات المتحدة والهند

Paul McGarr's book on "Espionage in South Asia" is the first comprehensive study of the history of the "Clandestine Cold War" in India, focusing on British and American intelligence interventions in Indian politics and culture since its independence in 1947. Until the end of the Cold War. McGarr tells the story of Indian politicians, human rights activists and journalists fighting against or collaborating with members of the British and American intelligence services, and how the interventions of these agents had a significant and lasting impact on the political and social fabric of South Asia. The book also explores the relationship between intelligence and state governance in South Asia and the relationships between agencies and governments set up to promote democracy, as it attempts to unravel a 50-year battle in the Indian subcontinent. Historical context and trends: The book begins by reviewing the historical and cognitive background of the role played by Western intelligence - especially British and American - in South Asia during the Cold War period, specifically in India and Pakistan, and explains how the region was not “marginal” in the global conflict between the Western and Eastern camps, but rather was the center of a silent and complex espionage war. The writer wonders about the nature of the relationships established between foreign intelligence agencies and South Asian governments, which began under the slogan of supporting democracy. But they later turned into justifications for repression, and the book challenges prevailing assumptions about the post-World War II period, as it confirms that the real influence of Western intelligence agencies did not appear only in Europe, but rather had a major political, social, and cultural impact in the developing world.