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008			140416s2010 xxu eng d
020			_a0195979036 (hardcover) _c$45.00
020			_a9780195979039 (hardcover)
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050	0	4	_aUA840
082	0	4	_a355.033554 _bCHE 2010
100	1		_aCheema, Zafar Iqbal.
245	1	0	_aIndian nuclear deterrence : _bits evolution, development and implications for south asian security / _cZafar Iqbal Cheema.
260			_a[S.l.] : _bOxford University Press, USA, _c2010.
300			_a500 p. ; _c25 cm.
520			_aThe significance of Indian Nuclear Deterrence is that it establishes the fallacy of conventional perspectives on Indian nuclear deterrence--that the Indian nuclear program entailed 'exclusively peaceful uses' during the Nehru era and the development of weapons capability was initiated by the government of Lal Bahadur Shastri after the first Chinese nuclear explosion in 1964. On the contrary, the book provides incontrovertible documentary evidence that Dr. Homi J. Bhabha formulated with Nehru's approval a nuclear weapons development strategy within the structural framework of the Indian civilian nuclear program. Nehru was interested in a nuclear weapons capability for a 'deterrent in extremis'. The central premise of Indian Nuclear Deterrence is that BJP government's decision to carry out the May 1998 nuclear tests was not an original one, but a step prefigured in a strategic continuum whose genesis dates back to the late 1950s. It suggests that the declaration of Indian nuclear deterrence after the May 1998 nuclear tests, the weaponization of Indian nuclear capability and the pronouncement of the Draft Nuclear Doctrine (DND) were not separate from earlier policies, but instead were part of that strategic continuum. The study analyzes the dynamics of Indian nuclear deterrence, Indian nuclear doctrine, and their implications for South Asian security. It is the first time that mostly primary archival, and documentary research material from diverse sources has been explored to write a book on this topic. It is more comprehensive than any other book on this subject in terms both of its timeframe (1947 until now) and of the issues covered--the evolution, development, dynamics, and implications of Indian nuclear deterrence for South Asian Security. Indian Nuclear Deterrence is also the first book on the topic written from a Pakistani perspective.
650		0	_aDeterrence (Strategy)
650		0	_aIndia
650		0	_aMilitary policy
650		0	_aNational security
650		0	_aNuclear warfare
650		0	_aNuclear weapons
650		0	_aSouth Asia
856	4	0	_3Amazon.com _uhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195979036/chopaconline-20
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