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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen, Stephen P., 1936-
Other Authors: Dasgupta, Sunil
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (223 pages).
ISBN:9780815704300