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

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India's nuclear program is often misunderstood as an inward-looking endeavor of secretive technocrats. In Ploughshares & 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 pro...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sarkar, Jayita (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2022]
Temas:
1900-1999
Nuclear energy > Government policy > India > History > 20th century.
Nuclear energy > India > History > 20th century.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy > India > History > 20th century.
Nuclear weapons > India > History > 20th century.
Technology and state > India > History > 20th century.
Asian Studies.
International Studies.
U.S. History.
Énergie nucléaire > Politique gouvernementale > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Énergie nucléaire > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Armes nucléaires > Politique gouvernementale > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Armes nucléaires > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Politique scientifique et technique > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia.
Nuclear energy
Nuclear energy > Government policy
Nuclear weapons
Nuclear weapons > Government policy
Technology and state
India
ploughshare loophole, anti-dissent machine, pokhran sikkim, reagan administration nuclear weapons, India's space program, india nuclear weapons.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Maps and Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: F reedom of Action
  • Part One: World War And Decolonization
  • 1. Atomic Earths and State-Making, 1940s-1948
  • 2. Radium to Reactors, 1948-1953
  • Part Two: Cold and Hot Wars
  • 3. Nuclear Marketplace Opens for Business, 1953-1962
  • 4. Plutonium, Power Reactors, and Space Projects, 1962-1964
  • 5. The Plowshare Loophole, 1964-1970
  • Part Three: Unmaking and Making of India
  • 6. Fractured Worlds, 1970-1974
  • 7. Explosion and Fallout, 1974-198
  • Epilogue: The Anti-Dissent Machine
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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