Synopsis This book gives a clear, comprehensive account of the complex factors that affected the relations of the two biggest democracies if the world - India and America during the period of Reagan and Bush. It focuses on the points of convergence and divergence in their relations against the background of their own regional and strategic interests and these of the major regional states. The break up to the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold war has presented India with fresh challenges. So, the book is an insightful reading for those interested in the in-depth study of relations between the most powerful country of the world and the most powerful amongst the developing nations of the world.