Indias Nuclear Security / / ed. by Amit Gupta, Raju G.C. Thomas.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Ayoob, Mohammed,; Cohen, Stephen P.,; Ganguly, Sumit,; Gupta, Amit,; Jha, Prem Shankar,; Mistry, Dinshaw,; Ollapally, Deepa M.,; Sheppard, Ben,; Singer, Clifford E.,; Thomas, Raju G. C.,; Valluri, S. R.,; Zarah, Farah,
• HerausgeberIn: Gupta, Amit,; Thomas, Raju G.C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (325 p.)

The nuclear weapons and ballistic missile tests conducted by India and Pakistan in the late 1990s have substantially altered the security environment, both in the region and globally. Examining the complexities, controversies, and dynamics of this new strategic context, India's Nuclear Security...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Why Did India “Go Nuclear”?
• 3 Explaining the Indian Nuclear Tests of 1998
• 4 India’s Strategic Doctrine and Practice: The Impact of Nuclear Testing
• 5 India’s Nuclear and Missile Programs: Strategy, Intentions, Capabilities
• 6 India’s Nuclear Decision: Implications for Indian-U.S. Relations
• 7 Pakistan’s Elusive Search for Nuclear Parity with India
• 8 South Asia’s Ballistic Missile Ambitions
• 9 Technology for Defense and Development: India’s Space Program
• 10 The Indian Economy After Pokhran II
• 11 Is an Otherwise Sensible Agreement with India and Pakistan Precluded Because It Would “Reward” Nuclear Testing?
• 12 Lest We Forget: The Futility and Irrelevance of Nuclear Weapons for India
• 13 A Nuclear Arms Control Agenda for India
• List of Acronyms
• Bibliography
• The Contributors
• Index
• About the Book