Nuclear India in the Twenty-First Century

Herausgegeben:SarDesai, D.; Thomas, R.

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection of essays, unlike other books on this subject, emphasizes strategic, technological, and economic factors. It includes contributions from a combination of academics and governmental experts from both the United States and India. Nuclear India in the Twenty-First Century provides an important picture of India's nuclear intentions and capabilities and should facilitate policies that the US may consider in response to regional and global proliferation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-38779-3
• 1st ed. 2002
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 510g
• ISBN-13: 9781349387793
• ISBN-10: 1349387797
• Artikelnr.: 45609157

Autorenporträt

DAMODAR R. SARDESAI is Professor Emeritus in History at UCLA. His publications include Southeast Asia - Past and Present (1981), Second edition (1989), Third edition (1994), Vietnam, Trials and Tribulations of a Nation (1988), Second edition (1992). He was co-editor of The Legacy of Nehru, A Centennial Assessment (1992). RAJU G.C. THOMAS is the Allis Chalmers Professor of International Affairs at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His books include The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime: Prospects for the Twenty-First Century, (Macmillan & St. Martin's Press, 1998); India's Nuclear Security (Lynne Rienner/ Sage, 2000). He is currently completing two books entitled Self-Determination Versus State Sovereighnty in the Age of Globalization (Burnham/ Nelson-Hall), and Markets and Politics in India. Thomas has published over 60 book chapters and journal articles.

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: GENERAL DIMENSIONS Whither Nuclear India?; SarDesai & Thomas PART TWO: STRATEGIC DIMENSIONS What Makes the Indian Bomb Tick?; Perkovich India and the International Security Order; Subrahmanyam India, the International System and Nuclear Weapons; Paul India's Thermonuclear Option; Karnad Why Do States Acquire Nuclear Weapons?; Hymans The International Dynamics of a Nuclear India; Varadarajan PART THREE: TECHNOLOGICAL AND MILITARY DIMENSIONS Nuclear Developments in India and Pakistan; Joeck India's Nuclear Technology Policy and Capabilities; Raja Ballistic Missiles; Sheppard Nuclear Weapons and the Indian Armed Forces, Kadian PART FOUR: ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS The Economics of Nuclearization in South Asia; Lal U.S. Economic Sanctions and their Impact on India; Kapur India's Energy Policy and Nuclear Weapons Program; Thomas PART FIVE: PROLIFERATION LESSONS AND SECURITY PROSPECTS On the 'Lessons' of South Asian Proliferation; Quester Appendix: India's Nuclear Policy; Sreenivasan

Rezensionen

"The book will greatly interest scholars and policy makers concerned with nonproliferation..." - S.A. Kochanek, Choice