Nuclear India in the twenty-first century / edited by D.R. SarDesai and Raju G.C. Thomas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

SarDesai, D. R.

Thomas, Raju G. C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons--India.

Nuclear weapons.

India.

India--Military policy.

Military policy.

World politics--21st century.

World politics.

Physical Description:

xvii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave, 2002.

Summary:

This book provides an important picture of India's nuclear intentions and capabilities at the beginning of the 21st century. Academic and governmental experts from both the United States and India explore the strategic, technological, military and economic dimensions of India's nuclear world. The contributors bring their expertise together in an unusual mix of viewpoints from three continents on the several dimensions of a nuclear India at the turn of the century. It is an important resource in the United States to help policymakers respond to the regional and global proliferation problems that have resulted from India and Pakistan's nuclear tests of 1998. It is an important aid to India in exploring and evaluating its nuclear strategy and the political, economic and military consequences of its nuclear decisions.

Contents:

Part I General Dimensions

1. Whither Nuclear India? / Raju G.C. Thomas 3

2. What Makes the Indian Bomb Tick? / George Perkovich 25

Part II Strategic Dimensions

3. India and the International Nuclear Order / K. Subrahmanyam 63

4. India, the International System and Nuclear Weapons / T. V. Paul 85

5. India's Force Planning Imperative: The Thermonuclear Option / Bharat Karnad 105

6. Why Do States Acquire Nuclear Weapons? Comparing the Cases of India and France / Jacques E. C. Hymans 139

7. The International Dynamics of a Nuclear India / Siddharth Varadarajan 161

Part III Technological and Military Dimensions

8. India's Nuclear Technology Policy: Capabilities and the Aftermath of Testing / Rajendran Raja 179

9. Ballistic Missiles: Complicating the Nuclear Quagmire / Ben Sheppard 189

10. Nuclear Weapons and the Indian Armed Forces / Rajesh Kadian 211

Part IV Economic Dimensions

11. The Economic Costs and Benefits of Nuclear Weapons / Deepak Lal 231

12. The Domestic Consequences of India's Nuclear Tests / Devesh Kapur 239

13. The Costs of Nuclear Weapons in South Asia / Peter R. Lavoy 259

14. India's Energy Policy and Nuclear Weapons Program / Raju G. C. Thomas 277

Part V Proliferation Lessons and Security Prospects

15. On the "Lessons" of South Asian Proliferation / George H. Quester 299.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

031229459X

OCLC:

47947490