Review: India's Nuclear Bomb
| Author | Peter Gizewski |
| Published date | 01 June 2000 |
| Date | 01 June 2000 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/002070200005500221 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
Reviews
The
book
has
a
couple
of
weaknesses.
The
seven
chapters
in
Parts
II
and
III
address
particular
issue areas,
such
as
employment
creation
or
financial
crime,
that
concern
the
G7/G8
and
thereby
show
the
variety
of
challenges
facing it.
However,
these
chapters
would
have
been
more
useful
if
they
had
addressed
more
directly
the
significance
of
the
G7/G8
to
the
particular
issue
area.
The
collection
would
also have
been
enriched
by a
contribution
that
did
not
share
the
consensus
of
the
other
authors
that
the
c7/G8
should
be
a
source
of
governance
and
leadership.
Overall,
though,
The
G8
"
Role
in
the
New
Millennium
makes
a
sig-
nificant
contribution
to
our
understanding
of
an
important
institu-
tion.
Tony
Porter/McMaster
University
INDIA'S
NUCLEAR
BOMB
The
impact on
global
proliferation
George
Perkovich
Berkeley
CA:
University
of
California
Press,
1999,
xiv,
597pp,
$39.95,
ISBN
0-520-21772-1
Ongoing
moves
by
India
and
Pakistan
toward nuclearization
of
the
subcontinent
pose
a
profound
challenge to
regional
and international
security.
Not
only
do
these
developments
increase
the prospects
for
regional
tensions and
arms
racing
but
could
well
lead
to
armed
-
per-
haps
even
nuclear
-
conflict.
Beyond
this,
they
seriously
threaten
the
integrity
of
the
global
nuclear
non-proliferation
regime.
Understanding
the motivations
and
potential
consequences
of
such
nuclearization
is
clearly
important.
Otherwise,
the
causes
of
present
dilemmas
are
likely
to
be
misdiagnosed,
and
future
policy
responses
will
be ineffectual.
George
Perkovich advances
our understanding with
a
detailed
account
of
India's
nuclear
programme,
the
incentives
and constraints
attending
its
development,
the
personalities
involved
in
the quest
for
a
nuclear
arsenal,
and
the
likely
impact on
the nuclear
non-proliferation
regime.
The
result
is
perhaps the
most
penetrating
treatment
of
the
subject to date.
Using
a
wide
variety
of
sources,
Perkovich
paints
India's
road
to
the
bomb
as
a
mix
of
diverse
and
at
times
under-appreciated
forces.
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