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Arming without Aiming : India's Military Modernization /

India's explosive economic growth and rising affluence have led many experts to predict a major rearmament effort. The second-most populous nation in the world is beginning to wield the economic power one would expect of such a behemoth, while its border with Pakistan remains a potential tinder...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cohen, Stephen P., 1936-
Otros Autores: Dasgupta, Sunil
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:India's explosive economic growth and rising affluence have led many experts to predict a major rearmament effort. The second-most populous nation in the world is beginning to wield the economic power one would expect of such a behemoth, while its border with Pakistan remains a potential tinderbox and the subcontinent remains vulnerable to religious extremism. So the resources for rearmament are there, as are the motives. But what in fact has India actually done in the way of improving its military? What should we expect to see in the future, and what will the likely results be? In Arming with.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (223 pages).
ISBN:9780815704300