Ploughshares and Swords : India's Nuclear Program in the Global Cold War / Jayita Sarkar.
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TextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 online resource (300 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9781501764417
- 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
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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"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"- Provided by publisher.
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