This book provides fascinating insights into the Indo-US relations from 1963 to 1969 during the presidency of Lyndon Johnson. Supported with confidential documentary evidence, it addresses a variety of issues ranging from food crisis, nuclear development, Vietnam War, to Indo-Pak relations, Kashmir imbroglio and Stalin’s daughter Svetlana’s escape.

It also provides sensitive complexities between Lyndon Johnson and Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi on various issues. Why were Americans interested in India and why did they use a carrot and stick policy towards India have been investigated as well.