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Ploughshares and Swords : India's Nuclear Program in the Global Cold War /

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"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 influence...

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Main Author: Sarkar, Jayita, 1986- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Technology and state.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy.
Nuclear weapons.
Nuclear energy > Government policy.
Nuclear energy.
Diplomatic relations.
Politique scientifique et technique > Inde > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Armes nucleaires > Politique gouvernementale > Inde > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Armes nucleaires > Inde > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Énergie nucleaire > Politique gouvernementale > Inde > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Énergie nucleaire > Inde > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Technology and state > India > History > 20th century.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy > India > History > 20th century.
Nuclear weapons > India > History > 20th century.
Nuclear energy > Government policy > India > History > 20th century.
Nuclear energy > India > History > 20th century.
India.
Inde > Relations exterieures > 1947-1984.
India > Foreign relations > 1947-1984.
History.
Electronic books.
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Table of 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.

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