Indian Nuclear Deterrence : Its Evolution, Development, and Implications for South Asian Security (Record no. 1322)
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| fixed length control field | 01924nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780195979039 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 355.033554 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Cheema, Zafar Iqbal |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Indian Nuclear Deterrence : Its Evolution, Development, and Implications for South Asian Security |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Karachi |
| Name of publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year of publication | 2010 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xxiii,609 Pages |
| Other physical details | 24x16 cm |
| -- | HB |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Inlcude Appendicies, Bibliography and Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The 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. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Nuclear warfare -- India -- History. |
| -- | Deterrence (Strategy) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Garrison Public Library Multan | Garrison Public Library Multan | General Stacks | 2016-11-24 | MSL | 995.00 | 355.033554 C514I 2010 | 17789 | Books |