Pokhran and Beyond: India's Nuclear Behaviour - Hardcover

Kapur, Ashok

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195649435 ISBN 13: 9780195649437

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2001

Synopsis

This book examines India's nuclear position in the context of its domestic politics, exploring how the position challenges India's interests and values within the regional and international environment. It points to the militarization of Indian nuclear and space science, arguing that external pressures stimulated Indian nationalism and led to a dramatic change in Indian political and social thought about strategic affairs. Kapur asserts that the new Indian approach is to specify Indian strategic priorities and agenda, demonstrate political will by military and political action, bear and inflict costs on rivals, and engage the world through power politics rather than disarmament talks.

About this title

About the Author

Ashok Kapur is at University of Waterloo.

Review

`Kapur ... has written a powerful revisionist account of Indian nuclearisation, giving it a form and direction ... that few writers have done before. In setting out the past, he also makes recommendations for the future. His proposals are decidedly realist, and, to a large extent, derive from
an ambitious global view of where India will sit in the years to come. This makes his book all the more interesting to read.'
Alexander Evans, Millennium

`Ashok Kapur has produced a thoroughly realist and state-centric study of India's nuclear behaviour. ... He has produced an enjoyable and provocative book.'
Alexander Evans, Millennium

`this book is a meaningful addition to the literature on nuclear armament, as well as being relevant to policy-making in India and other developing countries.'
The Royal Society for Asian Affairs

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0195649435
• ISBN 13: 9780195649437
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 286