| Description |
xiii, 597 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Developing the Technological Base for the Nuclear Option 1948-1963 -- 2. The First Compromise Shift toward a "Peaceful Nuclear Explosive" 1964 -- 3. The Search for Help Abroad and the Emergence of Nonproliferation December 1964-August 1965 -- 4. War and Leadership Transitions at Home August 1965-May 1966 -- 5. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and Secretly Renewed Work on a Nuclear Explosive 1966-1968 -- 6. Political Tumult and Inattention to the Nuclear Program 1969-1971 -- 7. India Explodes a "Peaceful" Nuclear Device 1971-1974 -- 8. The Nuclear Program Stalls 1975-1980 -- 9. More Robust Nuclear Policy Is Considered 1980-1984 -- 10. Nuclear Capabilities Grow and Policy Ambivalence Remains November 1984-December 1987 -- 11. The Nuclear Threat Grows Amid Political Uncertainty 1988-1990 -- 12. American Nonproliferation Initiatives Flounder 1991-1994 -- 13. India Verges on Nuclear Tests 1995 May 1996 -- 14. India Rejects the CTBT June 1996-December 1997 |
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15. The Bombs That Roared 1998 -- Conclusion: Exploded Illusions of the Nuclear Age -- App. India's Nuclear Infrastructure |
| Summary |
"India's Nuclear Bomb is the definitive, comprehensive history of how the world's largest democracy, the nation of Gandhi, has grappled with the twin desires to have and to renounce the bomb. Each chapter contains significant historical revelations drawn from scores of interviews with India's key scientists, military leaders, diplomats, and politicians, and from declassified U.S. government documents and interviews with U.S. officials. George Perkovich teases out the cultural and ethical concerns and vestiges of colonialism that underlie India's seemingly paradoxical stance. India's changing view of itself has as much, or more, to do with its nuclear policy as any threat from outside its borders."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Atomic bombs |
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India |
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Nuclear nonproliferation |
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International defence relations |
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History |
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Overseas item |
| Notes |
'Philip E. Lilienthal Asian studies imprint.' |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-582) and index |
| Subject |
Nuclear weapons -- India.
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World politics -- 1989-
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| SUBJECT |
India -- Military policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115409
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| LC no. |
99037464 |
| ISBN |
0520217721 : |
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0520232100 paperback |
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