Ploughshares and swords India's nuclear program in the global Cold War

"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
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca [New York] Cornell University Press 2022, 2022
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