India’s nuclear bomb

✍ Scribed by Perkovich, George

Publisher: University of California Press
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Leaves: 629
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Developing the Technological Base for the Nuclear Option 1948-1963 --
2. The First Compromise Shift toward a "Peaceful Nuclear Explosive" 1964 --
3. The Search for Help Abroad and the Emergence of Nonproliferation December 1964-August 1965 --
4. War and Leadership Transitions at Home August 1965-May 1966 --
5. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and Secretly Renewed Work on a Nuclear Explosive 1966-1968 --
6. Political Tumult and Inattention to the Nuclear Program 1969-1971 --
7. India Explodes a "Peaceful" Nuclear Device 1971-1974 --
8. The Nuclear Program Stalls 1975-1980 --
9. More Robust Nuclear Policy Is Considered 1980-1984 --
10. Nuclear Capabilities Grow and Policy Ambivalence Remains November 1984-December 1987 --
11. The Nuclear Threat Grows Amid Political Uncertainty 1988-1990 --
12. American Nonproliferation Initiatives Flounder 1991-1994 --
13. India Verges on Nuclear Tests 1995 May 1996 --
14. India Rejects the CTBT June 1996-December 1997 --
15. The Bombs That Roared 1998 --
Conclusion: Exploded Illusions of the Nuclear Age --
App. India's Nuclear Infrastructure.

✦ Subjects

Nuclear weapons -- India;India -- Military policy;World politics -- 1989-;Military policy;Nuclear weapons;World politics;India

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