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The Making of the Indian Atomic Bomb: Science, Secrecy and the Postcolonial State (Postcolonial Encounters) - Hardcover
Synopsis
In 1974 India exploded an atomic device. In May 1998 the new BJP Government exploded several more, encountering in the process domestic plaudits but international condemnation and a nuclear arms race in South Asia. This book is the first serious historical account of the development of nuclear power in India and of how the bomb came to be made. The author questions orthodox interpretations implying that it was a product of the Indo-Pakistani conflict. Instead, he suggests that the explosions had nothing to do with national security as conventionally understood. Instead he demonstrates the linkages that existed between the two apparently separate discourses of national security and national development, and explores their common underlying basis in postcolonial states. The result is a remarkable book that breaks new ground in integrating comparative politics, international relations and cultural studies.
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About the Author
Itty Abraham is Program Director at the Social Science Research Council in New York.
Review
"...a sophisticated discussion, rich in both history and theory, on a subject of great contemporary relevance."--Isis
“Uses Western archival sources brilliantly to tell a story that can't be told from India because of the huge secrecy that surrounds the subject.” --Partha Chatterjee, author, Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World
“A thoughtful and original understanding of science and the state as fetishes of postcolonial modernity.” --Gyan Prakash, Princeton University
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- PublisherZed Books
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 1856496295
- ISBN 13 9781856496292
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages208
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