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Author Cohen, Stephen P., 1936-

Title Arming without aiming : India's military modernization / Stephen P. Cohen and Sunil Dasgupta
Published Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2010

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Contents Front Cover; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Restraint and Affluence; Struggling with Reform; Army Modernization; The Reluctant Nuclear Power; Police Modernization; Fighting Change; America and Indian Rearmament; Notes; Index; Back Cover
Summary India's explosive economic growth and rising affluence have led many experts to predict a major rearmament effort. The second-most populous nation in the world is beginning to wield the economic power one would expect of such a behemoth, while its border with Pakistan remains a potential tinderbox and the subcontinent remains vulnerable to religious extremism. So the resources for rearmament are there, as are the motives. But what in fact has India actually done in the way of improving its military? What should we expect to see in the future, and what will the likely results be? In Arming with
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom.
Armed Forces -- Operational readiness
Armed Forces -- Weapons systems
Military policy
Military readiness
SUBJECT India -- Armed Forces -- Weapons systems
India -- Armed Forces -- Operational readiness
India -- Defenses
India -- Military policy
Subject India
Form Electronic book
Author Dasgupta, Sunil.
LC no. 2010024055
ISBN 9780815704300
0815704305
0815724926
9780815724926