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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777715203321

Titolo

South Asian cultures of the bomb : atomic publics and the state in India and Pakistan / / editor, Itty Abraham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-253-00267-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

AbrahamItty <1960->

Disciplina

355.02/170954

Soggetti

Nuclear weapons - Government policy - India

Nuclear weapons - Political aspects - India

Nationalism - India

Civil society - India

Nuclear weapons - Government policy - Pakistan

Nuclear weapons - Political aspects - Pakistan

Nationalism - Pakistan

Civil society - Pakistan

India Military policy

Pakistan Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Since their founding as independent nations, nuclear issues have been key elements of nationalism and the public sphere in both India and Pakistan. Yet the relationship between nuclear arms and civil society in the region is seldom taken into account in conventional security studies. These original and provocative essays examine the political and ideological components of national drives to possess and test nuclear weapons.