Ploughshares and swords : India's nuclear program in the global Cold War Jayita Sarkar.

By:

Sarkar, Jayita [author.]

Publication details: Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2022.Description: xvi, 282 pages ; 23 cmISBN:

9781501765018

Other title:

Plowshares and swords

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: Ploughshares and swordsDDC classification:

333.792 S245P 23

LOC classification:

HD9698.I52 S27 2022

Contents:

Introduction : Freedom of Action -- Atomic Earths and State-Making, 1940s-48 -- Radium to Reactors, 1948-53 -- Nuclear Marketplace Opens for Business, 1953-62 -- Plutonium, Power Reactors, and Space Projects, 1962-64 -- The Plowshare Loophole, 1964-70 -- Fractured Worlds, 1970-74 -- Explosion and Fallout, 1974-80s -- Epilogue : The Anti-Dissent Machine.

Summary: "This book is a study of India's nuclear program (1940s-1980s) through its global partnerships with governments and businesses, its close association with the space program, its anti-nonproliferation stance during most of the Cold War, and the intermestic territorial threats that influenced its unique outcomes"-

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Books	Central Library, IISER Bhopal Reference Section	Reference	333.792 S245P (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Reserve		11022

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-273) and index.

"This book is a study of India's nuclear program (1940s-1980s) through its global partnerships with governments and businesses, its close association with the space program, its anti-nonproliferation stance during most of the Cold War, and the intermestic territorial threats that influenced its unique outcomes"-

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