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BL
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1008543
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b762913
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| Main Entry
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Karnad, Bharat.
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India's nuclear policy /\ Bharat Karnad ; foreword by Stephen P. Cohen.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn. :: Praeger Security International,, 2008.
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1 online resource (xi, 221 pages)
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| ISBN
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0275999467
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: 9780275999469
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0275999459
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9780275999452
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-208) and index.
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| Contents
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New 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.
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This 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.
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National security-- India.
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Nuclear energy-- Government policy-- India.
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Nuclear weapons-- India.
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Atomwaffe-- Indien-- Geschichte.
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HISTORY-- Military-- Nuclear Warfare.
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Kernwaffe
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National security.
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Nuclear energy-- Government policy.
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Nuclear weapons.
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Sicherheitspolitik
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Sicherheitspolitik-- Indien-- Geschichte 1947-2000.
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Strategie
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India.
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Indien
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| Dewey Classification
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355.02/17
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HD9698.I52K37 2008eb
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