India's Nuclear Doctrine/V.N. Khanna. New
Delhi, 2000, xvii, 325 p., $28.
ISBN 81-87374-02-0.
India's Nuclear Doctrine/V.N. Khanna. New
Delhi, 2000, xvii, 325 p., $28.
ISBN 81-87374-02-0.
Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Origin and proliferation of nuclear weapons. 2. Evolution of India's nuclear policy. 3. Nuclear option exercised. 4. India's nuclear doctrine: no-first-use. 5. Minimum credible deterrent. 6. India's commitment to a nuclear-weapon-free world. 7. Hegemonic challenge to India's nuclear status. 8. Nuclear India and world peace. Postscript. Appendices: 1. Evolution of India's nuclear policy. 2. Statement by Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee. 3. Chronology of India, Pakistan N-development. 4. UN Security Council Resolution, 6 June 1998. 5. Text of the non-proliferation treaty. Index.
"Introduced with a foreword by an outstanding scientist and former Union Minister of Science and Technology, Prof. M.G.K. Menon, the book traces the origin and proliferation of nuclear weapons in the world beginning with the first test by USA in 1945, and the eventually cataclysmic use of the atom bomb over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
"The author argues effectively that while remaining committed to its advocacy of complete neuclear disarmament, India is only too aware of its need to maintain nuclear deterrence so long as weapons of this nature remain with the other nuclear powers. World peace, however, is India's priority and the author makes a dynamic case for the claim that the weapons of nuclear India are no threat to international peace and security." (jacket)
[V.N. Khanna's books include International Relations, Foreign Policy of India and Comparative Study of Government and Politics.]