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* May 1998 marked the culmination of the long debate on India’s nuclear status. It also
initiated the country’s journey towards credible, nuclear deterrence. Over the last decade,
India has taken many steps down this path, with varying degrees of speed, levels of
transparency and measures of success.
* Nuclear policy-making is traditionally shrouded in secrecy. But, for credible
deterrence, the mystery must be balanced with some transparency. Surprise in military
capability and tactics is a virtue of conventional warfare, but credible nuclear deterrence
demands a demonstration of capability, the resolve to use it, and the communication of
both capability and resolve.
* This book provides pointers on how India’s nuclear strategy, in the prevailing security
environment, should put together the building blocks of credible deterrence in order to
minimise, if not remove, the chance of nuclear use. It assesses contemporary nuclear
thinking, doctrines and capabilities of nuclear weapon states; examines the command
and control structures of Pakistan, China and India to offer recommendations; discusses
how to make India’s arsenal survivable; debates the relevance of ballistic missile defence;
highlights the overlap between India’s nuclear energy and strategic programmes; studies
the complex challenge of conventional war in the presence of nuclear weapons; and
explains why and how India should pursue universal nuclear disarmament.
* For the range, scope and depth of issues covered, the book is essential reading for all
those interested in ensuring that India remains secure from a nuclear strike.
Dr Manpreet Sethi heads the project on Nuclear Security at the Centre for Air Power Studies
(CAPS) New Delhi. Over the last twelve years, since completion of her Ph.D from the Latin
American Division, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi,
she has focussed on issues related to nuclear strategy, energy, proliferation, export controls
and disarmament. She was earlier on the research faculty of the Institute for Defence Studies
and Analyses, New Delhi, from 1997-2001, and has been at CAPS thereafter.
* She is the author of Argentina’s Nuclear Policy (1999), co-author of Nuclear Deterrence
and Diplomacy (2004) and editor of Towards a World Free of Nuclear Weapons (2009). Her
research papers are widely published in national and international journals and books.
She is a visiting lecturer at training establishments of the Indian Armed Forces and a
participant in Track II diplomacy.
Contents : Nuclear Strategies of Major Powers and Implications for india,Pakistran`s Nuclear
Doctrine and Strategy, China`s Nuclear Doctrine and Strategy, India`s Nuclear
Doctrine and Strategy, Nuclear Command and Control, Survivability of the Arsenal
BMD in India`s Nuclear Strategy, Credible Nuclear Deterrence and fissile Material
Concerns, Overlaping Dimensions of India`s Nuclear Energy and Strategic
Programmes, Nuclear Deterrence and Conventional War, From Deterrence to
Disarmament, Appendix
ISBN - 9788187966708
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Pages : 395
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