Arming without aiming: India's military modernization

Stephen P. Cohen and Sunil Dasgupta

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Summary:: "India, a leading importer of advance conventional weaponry, has not planned strategically for its military needs, although the haphazard approach, due to competing elements within the military and a restraint policy in place since the Nehru era, may be the right one in seeking accommodation with others in the region"--Provided by publisher.
Table of Contents:: Restraint and affluence
Struggling with reform
Army modernization
Air and naval modernization
The reluctant nuclear power
Police modernization
Fighting change
America and Indian rearmament.
Author/Creator:: Cohen, Stephen P., 1936-
Contributors:: Dasgupta, Sunil
Languages:: English
Language Notes:: Item content: English
Main Work:: Arming without aiming: India's military modernization [by Cohen, S.P.]
Subjects:: India — Armed Forces — Weapons systems
India — Armed Forces — Operational readiness
India — Defenses
India — Military policy
Armed Forces — Weapons systems
Armed Forces — Operational readiness
Defenses
Military policy
India
General Notes:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description:: xvi, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Numbers:: UA840 .C628 2010
ISBNs:: 9780815704027 (hardcover, alk. paper)
081570402X (hardcover, alk. paper)
Library of Congress Control Numbers:: 2010024055
OCLC Numbers:: 491905166