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Author Sarkar, Jayita, 1986- author.

Title Ploughshares and swords : India's nuclear program in the global Cold War / Jayita Sarkar.

Publication Info. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022.

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Description 1 online resource
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary "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.
Note Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Subject Nuclear energy -- India -- History -- 20th century.
Nuclear energy -- Government policy -- India -- History -- 20th century.
Nuclear weapons -- India -- History -- 20th century.
Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- India -- History -- 20th century.
Technology and state -- India -- History -- 20th century.
India -- Foreign relations -- 1947-1984.
Politique scientifique et technique -- Inde -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Armes nucléaires -- Politique gouvernementale -- Inde -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Armes nucléaires -- Inde -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Énergie nucléaire -- Politique gouvernementale -- Inde -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Énergie nucléaire -- Inde -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Inde -- Relations extérieures -- 1947-1984.
HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
Technology and state
Nuclear weapons -- Government policy
Nuclear weapons
Nuclear energy -- Government policy
Nuclear energy
Diplomatic relations
India
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Indexed Term ploughshare loophole, anti-dissent machine, pokhran sikkim, reagan administration nuclear weapons, India's space program, india nuclear weapons.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
History
Added Title Plowshares and swords
Other Form: Print version: Sarkar, Jayita, 1986- Ploughshares and swords Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022 9781501764400 (DLC) 2021054784
ISBN 9781501764417 (epub)
1501764411
9781501764424 (pdf)
150176442X
9781501764400 (hardcover)
Standard No. AU@ 000070470762
AU@ 000073106705
AU@ 000075638015

 
    
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