| Description |
xiv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Routledge advances in South Asian studies ; 4 |
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Routledge advances in South Asian studies ; 4
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| Contents |
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 -- 4. Structural proliferation incentives in the South Asian region -- 5. The 'diabolic enemy' : elite perception of Indo-Pakistan relations -- 6. The China factor in India's strategic thinking -- 7. India's self-image as emerging power -- 8. The 'colonialist' image : Indo-US relations -- 9. The symbol of 'injustice' : the international non-proliferation regime |
| 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."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-226) and index |
| Subject |
National security -- India.
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Nuclear weapons -- India.
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| SUBJECT |
India -- Military policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115409
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India -- Politics and government -- 1977- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064946
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| LC no. |
2006006583 |
| ISBN |
0415401321 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780415401326 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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