Neville Maxwell's views received praise in People's Republic of China and in the Richard Nixon administration.
12 Facts About Neville Maxwell
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Neville Maxwell studied at McGill University, Canada, and the Cambridge University.
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In 1967, Neville Maxwell joined the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, as a senior fellow to write his book India's China War.
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Neville Maxwell was with the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at Oxford University when the book was published in 1970.
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Neville Maxwell remained at Oxford for at least ten years, and created a visiting fellowship programme for journalists from developing countries.
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Neville Maxwell did not attempt to evaluate the accuracy of these perceptions.
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Indian journalist Kuldip Nayar, who was a reporter for The Times during the same time that Neville Maxwell was its correspondent in Delhi, says that Neville Maxwell had deep an anti-Indian bias, labelling it an "understatement".
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Neville Maxwell said the famine was "threatening", the administration was "strained" and universally believed to be corrupt, the government and the governing party had lost public confidence etc.
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Neville Maxwell predicted that the next general election would be last one.
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Neville Maxwell inverted the blame, by asserting that India was the aggressor and China the victim.
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Neville Maxwell pointed out that the Indian case for its border definition was set out in considerable detail in the Report of the Officials, which Maxwell dismisses with a one-liner and no real analysis.
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Neville Maxwell argued that Maxwell "overreached" and that he "curiously interpreted Delhi's actions almost as Beijing would have viewed it".