Ebook: Arming without aiming: India's military modernization

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Contents; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; Restraint and Affluence; Struggling with Reform; Army Modernization; Air and Naval Modernization; The Reluctant Nuclear Power; Police Modernization; Fighting Change; America and Indian Rearmament; Notes; Index; Back Cover.;India has long been motivated to modernize its military, and it now has the resources. But so far, the drive to rebuild has lacked a critical component-strategic militaryplanning. India''s approach of arming without strategic purpose remains viable, however, as it seeks great-power accommodation of its rise and does not want toappear threatening. What should we anticipate from this effort in the future, and whatare the likely ramifications? Stephen Cohen and Sunil Dasgupta answer those crucialquestions in a book so timely that it reached number two on the nonfiction bestsellerlist in India.""Two.