{"product_id":"india-and-the-bomb-9780268011765","title":"India and the Bomb","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1994 the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace studies, in cooperation with the Fourth Freedom Forum, conducted the most comprehensive survey to date of the Indian public's attitude toward nuclear arms, and in \u003cem\u003eIndia and the Bomb\u003c\/em\u003e the findings of that landmark survey are examined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe survey reveals that a majority of Indian elites favor New Delhi's policy of nuclear ambiguity, i.e., neither confirming nor denying the country's nuclear war capability, while one-third of the respondents favor an overt nuclear weapons status for India, citing as reasons their concerns of a possible nuclear threat from Pakistan, as well as the desire to enhance India's international power and prestige. They survey and the accompanying essays also explore the conditions that might persuade Indian elites to renounce the nuclear option.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndia and the Bomb\u003c\/em\u003e provides an in-depth view of the nuclear choices currently facing India and all of South Asia—from nuclear abstinence to outright weaponization—and uses the findings of the public opinion poll to evaluate the level of popular support for each option. The survey results and the accompanying essays, written by a new generation of Indian scholars, introduce new voices into the debate on nuclear policy and thereby help to democratize the discussion of India's nuclear options.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSouth Asia area specialists, international relations scholars, and nuclear proliferation experts will appreciate \u003cem\u003eIndia and the Bomb\u003c\/em\u003e for its fresh methodology in addressing this vital issue of international security.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors: Kanti Bajpai, David Cortright, Aabha Dixit, Sumit Ganguly, Amitabh Mattoo, Varun Sahni, Jackie g. Smith, Raimo Väyrynen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Cortright","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68523705467131,"sku":"9780268011765","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9780268011765.jpg?v=1794326406","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/india-and-the-bomb-9780268011765","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}