South Asia, 1974
Title | South Asia, 1974 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Near East and South Asia |
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Pages | 242 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Government publications |
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Ploughshares and Swords
Title | Ploughshares and Swords PDF eBook |
Author | Jayita Sarkar |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 301 |
Release | 2022-07-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 150176442X |
India's nuclear program is often misunderstood as an inward-looking endeavor of secretive technocrats. In Ploughshares and Swords, Jayita Sarkar challenges this received wisdom, narrating a global story of India's nuclear program during its first forty years. The book foregrounds the program's civilian and military features by probing its close relationship with the space program. Through nuclear and space technologies, India's leaders served the technopolitical aims of economic modernity and the geopolitical goals of deterring adversaries. The politically savvy, transnationally connected scientists and engineers who steered the program obtained technologies, materials, and information through a variety of state and nonstate actors from Europe and North America, including both superpowers. They thus maneuvered around Cold War politics and the choke points of the nonproliferation regime. Hyperdiversification increased choices for the leaders of the nuclear program but reduced democratic accountability at home. The nuclear program became a consensus-enforcing device in the name of the nation. Ploughshares and Swords is a provocative new history with global implications. It shows how geopolitical and technopolitical visions influence decisions about the nation after decolonization. Thanks to generous funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other repositories.
South Asia, 1974
Title | South Asia, 1974 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Near East and South Asia |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | South Asia |
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South Asia, 1974
Title | South Asia, 1974 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs |
Publisher | |
Pages | 99 |
Release | 1974 |
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South Asia, 1974, Political, Economic, and Agricultural Challenges
Title | South Asia, 1974, Political, Economic, and Agricultural Challenges PDF eBook |
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Pages | 216 |
Release | 1974 |
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The Nuclearization of South Asia
Title | The Nuclearization of South Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Kamal Matinuddin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Law |
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Tracing the nuclear and missile programs of India and Pakistan from their inception, this book places an important focus on their present state. It highlights security models, shedding light on the role of outside powers in promoting or retarding nuclear weapon status. It also discusses theories of nuclear deterrence and suggests that the likelihood of their failure is strongest in South Asia.
South Asia, 1974: Political, Economic and Agricultural Challenges; Hearings Before the Subcommittee on the Near East and South Asia... September 19 and 24, 1974
Title | South Asia, 1974: Political, Economic and Agricultural Challenges; Hearings Before the Subcommittee on the Near East and South Asia... September 19 and 24, 1974 PDF eBook |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 1974 |
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Record of hearings on the foreign policy role of USA in South Asia - covers economic conditions and development aid requirements, political problems, etc. References and statistical tables.