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Published April 2013
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Book:
Nuclear India
Illusion and Reality
by
K. P. Prakasam
155 pp / PB
Rs 250 / USD 12
First
edition, 2013
ISBN-10: 81-7221-056-6
ISBN-13: 978-81-7221-056-4
Size 8.5 x 5.5
Non-fiction
Nuclear Science / Politics
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About the Book
Nuclear India is about world developments since World War II, the testing of
nuclear bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki and the events that followed. It deals
with the fate of divided countries like Germany, Korea and Vietnam, the collapse
of the communist world order, the Soviet bid to export revolution to
Afghanistan, military takeovers in Pakistan, and the birth of Bangladesh.
The embracing of democracy and market economy by communist countries is
discussed in detail. In view of India and Pakistan conducting nuclear weapon
tests, it has become all the more urgent to solve the contentious issue of
Kashmir. India should abandon its ostrich-like posture, accept ground realities,
and work for India-Pakistan-China amity to mitigate the sufferings of people.
The imperative for nuclear disarmament is stressed in this book. The U.N.
structure has to undergo cardinal reforms in order to achieve this.
About the Author
A
popular science writer, K.P. Prakasam hails from a middle class family in
Vadakkal village on the Arabian Sea coast of Kerala. Born in 1930, he became a
fire-brand student leader in the fifties, graduated from Kerala University with
history, economics, and politics, and M.A. in English Literature. After moving
to Delhi, he joined the Soviet news agency TASS and later Novosti Press Agency
(APN). Working at the news desk enabled him to study world developments. He
imbibed the wonder and excitement of space exploration when USSR launched the
Sputnik, an artificial earth satellite. He accompanied cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin
during his visit to India, witnessed memorable events like the signing of the
Indo-Soviet mutual defence treaty of 1971. He has been Executive Editor of
Encounter, Copy Editor of Nation and the World (Fortnightly) and Executive
Editor of The Milli Gazette (Fortnightly). His published books include “Space
Horizons”, “Antariksha Vijyan” (Hindi), and “Gagarin and After”.
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Contents:
Preface 7
Chapter Abstract 14
An Overview 19
Chapter I
Vestiges of 20th Century, World War II 27
Chapter II
Seeds of Cold War 31
Chapter III
Birth of Nuclear Age 35
Chapter IV
Wars, Hot and Cold 41
Chapter V
Soviet Crisis and Dissolution of USSR 53
Chapter VI
Nuclear-Space Race 67
Chapter VII
Strategic Arms Control—Theories 73
Chapter VIII
Treaty that Turned the Tide of Times 83
Chapter IX
South Asian Challenge to Nuclear Hegemony 87
Chapter X
India’s Fallacious Defence Doctrine 105
Chapter XI
United Nations—an Archaic Outfit 113
Chapter XII
Total Nuclear Disarmament, the Last Hope 119
Chapter XIII
Kashmir –The Destabilising Factor 129
Chapter XIV
Asian Century — India, China, Pakistan Alliance 137
Appendix
Nuclear weapons: Who all have them, and how many? 141
Terms Used 147
Bibliography 151
Index 153
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