The Making of the Indian Atomic Bomb: Science, Secrecy and the Postcolonial State

by Itty Abraham

Book Overview

In 1974 India exploded an atomic device. In May 1998 the new BJP Government exploded several more, encountering in the process domestic plaudits but international condemnation and a nuclear arms race in South Asia. This book is the first serious historical account of the development of nuclear power in India and of how the bomb came to be made. The author questions orthodox interpretations implying that it was a product of the Indo-Pakistani conflict...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1856496309
• ISBN13: 9781856496308
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.5"