Nuclear India in the Twenty-First Century

by D. SarDesai, R. Thomas

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312294595
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	06/26/2002
Edition description:	2002
Pages:	316
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

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

From the Publisher

Contributors, including Indian, British, and American academics and governmental experts who both support and oppose nuclear testing, offer analysis of the strategic, political, technological, economic, and military dimensions of the issue of nuclear testing in India. Chapters address the international dynamics of a nuclear India; ballistic missiles; the economic costs and benefits of nuclear weapons; and lessons in South Asian proliferation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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