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Autore: | Ray Ayesha |
Titolo: | The soldier and the state in India : nuclear weapons, counterinsurgency, and the transformation of Indian civil-military relations / / Ayesha Ray |
Pubblicazione: | Los Angeles, [California] : , : Sage, , 2013 |
©2013 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (186 p.) |
Disciplina: | 322/.50954 |
Soggetto topico: | Civil-military relations - India - History |
National security - India - Decision making | |
Nuclear weapons - Government policy - United States - History | |
Nuclear weapons - Government policy - India - History | |
Civil-military relations - United States - History | |
Soggetto geografico: | India Military policy |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover ; Contents; List of Abbreviations ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; 1 - Introduction ; 2 - The Evolution of India's Higher Defense Organization ; 3 - Nuclear Weapons Development in a Strategic Vacuum ; 4 - The Effects of Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons on Civil-Military Relations in India ; 5 - The Indian Military's Role in Unconventional Operations ; 6 - Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index ; About the Author |
Sommario/riassunto: | <b>The Soldier and the State in India</b> is one of the first attempts at offering a theoretical perspective for examining some of the most critical issues that have emerged in Indian civil-military relations. It specifically examines issues pertaining to military expertise and military professionalism that emerged whenever there was a contestation in civil-military functions, thereby allowing the military greater influence in policy-making. The book uses Samuel Huntington's ideas on military professionalism and Peter Feaver's discussion of military expertise in the American context as the |
Titolo autorizzato: | The soldier and the state in India |
ISBN: | 81-321-1154-0 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910798247603321 |
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