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Author Frey, Karsten, 1972-

Title India's nuclear bomb and national security / Karsten Frey
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 232 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge advances in South Asian studies ; 4
Routledge advances in South Asian studies ; 4.
Contents Part I: Nuclear weapons and national interests -- 1. Power, interests, and India's nuclear policy -- 2. Elite perception and India's nuclear course: tracking the empirical evidence -- 3. Structure and process of India's nuclear policymaking -- Part II: Nuclear weapons and India's security -- 4. Structural proliferation incentives in the South Asian region -- 5. The 'diabolic enemy': elite perception of Indo-Pakistani relations -- 6. The China factor in India's strategic thinking -- Part III: Beyond security: nuclear weapons and national prestige -- 7. India's self-image as an emerging power -- 8. The 'colonialist' image: Indo-US relations -- 9. The symbol of 'injustice': the international non-proliferation regime -- Conclusion
Summary "This book gives an analytic account of the dynamics of India's nuclear build-up. In contrast to conventional studies on the issue, the author puts forward a new model, which goes beyond the classic strategic concept of accepting security-related motives of arming behaviour. According to this, the structural conditions of India's regional security environment were permissive to India's nuclear development but not sufficient to make India's nuclearization imperative for maintaining its national security. At the core of the argument lies the question about India's security considerations and their impact on India's nuclear policy development. The author explores this analytic model by including explanatory variables on the unit-level, where interests are generally related to symbolic, less strategic, values attributed to nuclear weapons. These play a significant role within India's domestic political party competition and among certain pressure groups. They have also influenced India's relationship with other countries on non-proliferation matters. This book identifies the role of the strategic elite in determining India's nuclear course. Furthermore, it argues that one of the pivotal driving forces behind India's quest for the nuclear bomb is India's struggle for international recognition and the strong, often obsessive sensitivities of India's elite regarding perceived 'acts of discrimination' or 'ignorance' by the West towards India."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-226) and index
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Subject Nuclear weapons -- India
National security -- India
HISTORY -- Military -- Nuclear Warfare.
Military policy
National security
Nuclear weapons
Politics and government
Kernwaffe
Sicherheitspolitik
SUBJECT India -- Military policy
India -- Politics and government -- 1977- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064946
Subject India
Indien
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203968680
0203968689
0415401321
9780415401326
9781134144945
1134144946