Arming Without Aiming - India's Military Modernization

Informationen zum Autor Stephen P. Cohen is a senior fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution. His is the author of numerous books, including The Idea of Pakistan and India: Emerging Power (both with Brookings).Sunil Dasgupta is director of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County's Political Science Program at the Universities at Shady Grove, and he is also a nonresident fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at Brookings. He also spent five years as senior correspondent for India Today. Klappentext "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. Zusammenfassung India's growing affluence has led experts to predict a major rearmament effort. The second-most populous nation in the world is beginning to wield the economic power expected of such a behemoth.

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• Authors: Stephen P. Cohen, Stephen P./ Dasgupta Cohen, Sunil Dasgupta
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2010
• EAN: 9780815704027
• ISBN: 978-0-8157-0402-7
• No. of pages: 350
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education