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Nuclear India in the Twenty-First Century

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. D. R. SarDesai

    1. University of California, Los Angeles, USA

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  2. Raju G. C. Thomas

    1. Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. General Dimensions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Whither Nuclear India?

      • Raju G. C. Thomas
      Pages 3-24

    3. What Makes The Indian Bomb Tick?

      • George Perkovich
      Pages 25-60

  3. Strategic Dimensions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
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    2. India and the International Nuclear Order

      • K. Subrahmanyam
      Pages 63-84

    3. India, the International System, and Nuclear Weapons

      • T. V. Paul
      Pages 85-104

    4. India’ Force Planning Imperative: The Thermonuclear Option

      • Bharat Karnad
      Pages 105-138

    5. Why Do States Acquire Nuclear Weapons? Comparing the Cases of India and France

      • Jacques E. C. Hymans
      Pages 139-160

    6. The International Dynamics of a Nuclear India

      • Siddharth Varadarajan
      Pages 161-175

  4. Technological and Military Dimensions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. India’ Nuclear Technology Policy: Capabilities and the Aftermath of Testing

      • Rajendran Raja
      Pages 179-188

    3. Ballistic Missiles: Complicating the Nuclear Quagmire

      • Ben Sheppard
      Pages 189-209

    4. Nuclear Weapons and The Indian Armed Forces

      • Rajesh Kadian
      Pages 211-227

  5. Economic Dimensions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229
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    2. The Economic Costs and Benefits of Nuclear Weapons

      • Deepak Lai
      Pages 231-238

    3. The Domestic Consequences of India’ Nuclear Tests

      • Devesh Kapur
      Pages 239-258

    4. The Costs of Nuclear Weapons in South Asia

      • Peter R. Lavoy
      Pages 259-276

    5. India’ Energy Policy and Nuclear Weapons Program

      • Raju G. C. Thomas
      Pages 277-296

  6. Proliferation Lessons and Security Prospects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 297-297
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About this book

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.

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

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of California, Los Angeles, USA

    D. R. SarDesai

  • Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

    Raju G. C. Thomas

About the editors

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.

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