LEADER 03063nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910822168303321 005 20081208073014.0 010 $a979-84-00-66960-6 010 $a1-282-41622-7 010 $a9786612416224 010 $a0-275-99946-7 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400669606 035 $a(CKB)1000000000767718 035 $a(EBL)613108 035 $a(OCoLC)700699279 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000178370 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11167461 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000178370 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10221828 035 $a(PQKB)11283036 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL613108 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10323767 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL241622 035 $a(OCoLC)230192144 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400669606BC 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC613108 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000767718 100 $a20080625e20082024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIndia's nuclear policy /$fBharat Karnad ; foreword by Stephen P. Cohen 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cPraeger Security International,$d2008. 210 2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing (US),$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (236 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a979-82-16-10207-6 311 $a0-275-99945-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [159]-208) and index. 327 $aNew attractions of the bomb: the nuclearized international milieu -- Laying the foundation: India's nuclear and missile capabilities and minimum deterrence concept, 1947-1998 -- Maturing nuclear and missile capabilities and minimum credible deterrence strategy, post-1998 -- Southern Asia: limited war, potential nuclear crises, India-US nuclear deal. 330 $aThis book examines the Indian nuclear policy, doctrine, strategy and posture, clarifying the elastic concept of credible minimum deterrence at the center of the country's approach to nuclear security. This concept, Karnad demonstrates, permits the Indian nuclear forces to be beefed up, size and quality-wise, and to acquire strategic reach and clout, even as the qualifier minimum suggests an overarching concern for moderation and economical use of resources, and strengthens India's claims to be a responsible nuclear weapon state.Based on interviews with Indian political leaders, nuclear scient 606 $aNational security$zIndia 606 $aNuclear energy$xGovernment policy$zIndia 606 $aNuclear weapons$zIndia 615 0$aNational security 615 0$aNuclear energy$xGovernment policy 615 0$aNuclear weapons 676 $a355.02/17 700 $aKarnad$b Bharat$01661311 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bBTCTA 801 2$bBAKER 801 2$bYDXCP 801 2$bC#P 801 2$bBWX 801 2$bVVC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822168303321 996 $aIndia's nuclear policy$94017155 997 $aUNINA