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Figure 1.10. The Indian Nation political cartoon.

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Note on Chinese Romanization and Translations

Introduction

I. The 1962 War

1 The 1962 War and Domestic Reactions in China and India

2 Immediate International Fallout

II. Antebellum

3 Chinese Views and Policies Toward the Southern Frontier, 1950-1962

4 Indian Views and Policies Toward the Northern Frontier, 1950-1962

5 Views and Policies of the Anglophone West Toward the Sino-Indian Frontier, 1950-1962

III. Postbellum

6 Chinese Post-War Overtures Abroad, 1962-1970

7 India's "New" Frontier Policies and Foreign Assistance, 1962-1970

8 Western Policies Toward South and Southeast Asia, Plus Pakistan's Response, 1962-1970

Conclusions

Selected Bibliography

Index

List of Figures

Figure 0.1. Map of the western sector of the Sino-Indian border.

Source: Steven A. Hoffmann, India and the China Crisis (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990), 11.

Figure 0.2. Map attached to the 1914 Simla Accord.

Source: Map to Illustrate Article 9 of the Simla Convention, 1914, (London: The Geographical Journal, September 1960) [Map] Retrieved from the RGS-IBG Collections, Royal Geographical Society.

Figure 0.3. Eastern sector of the Sino-Indian border.

Source: The Sino-Indian War of 1962, eds. Das Gupta and Lüthi, 5.

Figure 0.4. Depiction of Indian and Chinese spheres of influence.

Source: Garver, Protracted Contest, 15.

Figure 1.1. Chinese operations in the western sector.

Source: Cheng and Wortzel, "PLA Operational Principles and Limited War," in Chinese Warfighting, 185.

Figure 1.2. Chinese operations in the eastern sector.

Source: John W. Garver, China's Quest: The History of the Foreign Relations of the People's Republic of China, First edition (New York: Oxford University Press, 2016), 180.

Figure 1.3. National Defence Fund advertisement.

Source: The Hindu, November 12, 1962.

Figure 1.4. Sikh soldier guarding a mountain pass.

Source: Life magazine, found in 64-5065, box 73, 63-3057 to 63-3774, RG 306 PS-D, Records of the United States Information Agency (RUSIA), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

Figure 1.5. Indian troops using a cable to cross a river in the North-East Frontier Agency.

Source: India RSC, found in 63-948, box 69, 63-723 to 63-1154, RG 306 PS-D, RUSIA, NARA.

Figure 1.6. Chinese troops scaling a snowbank.

Source: Renmin ribao, October 21, 1962.

Figure 1.7. Chinese troops on the lookout for Indian planes.

Source: Renmin ribao, October 21, 1962.

Figure 1.8. The Hindu political cartoon I.

Source: The Hindu, November 23, 1962.

Figure 1.9. The Hindu political cartoon II.

Source: The Hindu, November 4, 1962.