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Arming without aiming : India's military modernization / Stephen P. Cohen and Sunil Dasgupta.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Cohen, Stephen P., 1936-
Contributor:
Dasgupta, Sunil.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Military policy.
India--Armed Forces--Operational readiness.
India.
India--Armed Forces--Weapons systems.
India--Defenses.
India--Military policy.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (248 p.)
Edition:
2nd edition.
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2010.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
"India, a leading importer of advance conventional weaponry, has not planned strategically for its military needs, although the haphazard approach, due to competing elements within the military and a restraint policy in place since the Nehru era, may be the right one in seeking accommodation with others in the region"--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Restraint and affluence
Struggling with reform
Army modernization
Air and naval modernization
The reluctant nuclear power
Police modernization
Fighting change
America and Indian rearmament.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786612748806
9780815704300
0815704305
9781282748804
1282748807
9781299055971
1299055974
OCLC:
843003390

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