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The authors emphasize that the United Nations -- as well as non-governmental organizations, religious groups, and grassroots movements -- also have important parts to play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOF WAR AND ITS WEAPONS\u003cbr\u003eThe Diversity of wars\u003cbr\u003eThe Nuclear Peril\u003cbr\u003eOther weapons of Mass Destruction\u003cbr\u003e‘Conventional’ Weapons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWHAT MAKES WAR MORE LIKELY?\u003cbr\u003eCauses of war and the Role of Weapons\u003cbr\u003eThe Political System and its Leaders\u003cbr\u003eCulture and Tradition\u003cbr\u003eResources: Territory and the Environment\u003cbr\u003eEconomic Factors: Globalization and Poverty\u003cbr\u003eWar and Human nature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO ELIMINATE WAR?\u003cbr\u003eWhat Stops Countries from Going to war?\u003cbr\u003ePreventing war: Arms Control\u003cbr\u003ePreventing War: Promotion of International\u003cbr\u003e    Well-Being and Peace Education\u003cbr\u003eOrganizations Involved in Prevention, \u003cbr\u003e     Intervention and Conflict Resolution\u003cbr\u003eIntervention and Conflict Resolution\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Eliminating Conflict in the Nuclear Age\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations and Acronyms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFurther Reading \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Joseph Rotblat \/ Viva Books \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776525873321,"sku":"23499","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/23499_5ef8847d-4c3f-4c76-9beb-fc26ae579d5a.jpg?v=1625518049"},{"product_id":"23873-indian-army-vision-2020","title":"Indian Army Vision  2020","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Gurmeet Kanwal\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2008\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 342\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9788172237325\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArmy: Vision 2020 examines the threats and their changing nature, identifies the key operational commitments, makes a comparative analysis of how other modern armies are coping and offers a considered guide map for a modern fighting force that is light, lethal and wired to meet the operational challenges of the 21st century. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a scholar-warrior's view of the nation's defense preparedness, especially that of the army, born of experience and a close study of the security environment and how it is changing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForward by General V P Malik\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1:  Forever in Battle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCustodians of Peace\u003cbr\u003eThreats, Challenges and Vulnerabilities\u003cbr\u003eBattlefield Milieu, Roles and Tasks\u003cbr\u003eConventional Operations under a Nuclear overhang\u003cbr\u003eBorder Management and Internal Security\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 2:  Other Modern Armies and the Transformation Process\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLight, Lethal and Weird\u003cbr\u003eThe People's Liberation Army \u003cbr\u003eRace to the Swift\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 3:   Recommendations and Looking Ahead\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eModernization plans\u003cbr\u003eGenerating Firepower Asymmetries\u003cbr\u003eAirpower, Attack Helicopters and Army Aviation\u003cbr\u003eSpecial forces: Changing Roles and Requirements\u003cbr\u003eCommand and Control and Intelligence\u003cbr\u003eRestructuring to Meet Emerging Challenges\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Gurmeet Kanwal \/ HarperCollins \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40776532459689,"sku":"23873","price":43.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/23873_f77715cb-0c43-45f9-9a89-9a4bada467d7.jpg?v=1625570381"},{"product_id":"2483-fire-in-the-east","title":"Fire in the East","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Paul Bracken\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1999\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 186\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0060193441\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA stimulating, provocative, informative, and much-needed antidote to the post-cold war mentality of the West.  It shatters our complacency and lays down ground rules for intelligent political debate in the new millennium.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe world changed forever on May 11 1998.  That was the day India defied the rest of the world by testing nuclear weapons.  The Indian test of five atomic bombs, and the Pakistani tests that answered a few weeks later, marked the end of an arms control system that has kept the world from nuclear war for half a century.  But much more important, they signal the re-emergence of something the world hasn't seen since the sixteenth century - modern, technologically adept military powers on the mainland of Asia.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an unbroken crescent stretching six thousand miles from Israel to North Korea, Asian countries are building missiles and topping them with atomic, biological, or chemical warheads.  This is a development that cannot help but concern anyone who plans to live in the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, Professor Bracken:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* reveals new details about the Iraqi missile and biological warfare program, showing how close Israel actually came to a germ attack during the Gulf War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e** explodes the comforting Western belief that globalization will inevitably lead Asian nations into peaceful economic competition.  In fact, he says, it works the other way: economic progress both spurs and makes possible the development of weapons of mass destruction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*** shows how American bases, allies, and interests are increasingly endangered by Asian nationalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**** teaches us how to navigate not the post-cold war era, but what he names The Second Nuclear Age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOMMENTS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Bracken has written an important and disturbing book. At a time when it appears that the United States bestrides the world while the nations of Asia are in trouble, he points to a steady and significant shift in the military-technical power balance in Asia's favor.  No less than eight Asian nations either have or are striving to possess nuclear weapons and the long-range vehicles to deliver them.  Strategic thinkers will benefit from this work but the people who desperately need to read it are those who simply see Asia as a giant trading zone and have never understood its regional rivalries, political ambitions, and growing military capabilities.                                                                       - - John Le Carre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis sweeping and insightful assessment of the military and technological developments in Asia is provocative and disturbing.  It not only expands the scope of how one should think about US strategy and commitments in the Far East, South Asia, and the Middle East, but it also should stir debate about changing security problems that we are unwisely neglecting.                                                                    - - William E Odom, Lieutenant General USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA major contribution to what should be an increasingly urgent re-examination of the global security environment for which the US must plan its defense.  Bracken argues cogently that American forces and the base structure on which they rely are becoming dangerously inadequate and indeed vulnerable. He shows, wisely if sadly, that international arms control regimes are unlikely to reverse the ominous dynamic.                       - - Helmut Sonnenfeldt, guest scholar, The Brookings Institution\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Bracken argues convincingly that with the cold war over, in large measure, the future of Europe brings us no respite.  In the East the nuclear dangers are far more numerous and complex.  And they are beginning to metastasize.                     - - R James Woolsey, former director, Central Intelligence Agency\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Paul Bracken \/ HarperCollins \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40776556576937,"sku":"2483","price":32.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/2581_4e923c26-5ebb-4581-9b61-ab512a158cdf.jpg?v=1625527527"},{"product_id":"26293-arming-the-indian-arsenal-challenges-and-policy-options","title":"Arming the Indian Arsenal : Challenges and Policy Options","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Deba R Mohanty\u003cbr\u003eForeword\/Introduction: V P Malik\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Rupa\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2009\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 255\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9788129115195\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most arduous tasks before strategic decision makers in the field of security deals with the twin problems of military production and procurement. Fast-paced technology environment and changing security dynamics at the national and international levels are other consequential factors. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndia has been struggling with these problems for a long time. To look into both the generics and specifics, many reform initiatives have been undertaken in India's national security management structure. This book attempts to lay out the broad problems in India’s military production and procurement efforts and to examine these in the context of the larger security framework of the country. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOMMENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If India’s national aspirations revolve around the attainment of a certain degree of strategic autonomy in international affairs, do her military modernization efforts play a role in it? If so, then up to what extent? What do trends in India’s recent modernization efforts entail? To what extent has India’s quest for self-reliance in defense impinged its military power? These are some of the key questions that need to be examined in detail.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.\tTrends in Global Defense Industry – Implications for India\u003cbr\u003e2.\tIndia’s tryst with Defense Sector Development\u003cbr\u003e3.\tFilling the Gaps – Indigenous and Licensed Production\u003cbr\u003e4.\tReforms in India’s Defense Sector\u003cbr\u003e5.\tIn Search of a Direction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003eEndnotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eList of Acronyms\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Deba R Mohanty \/ Rupa \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776577613993,"sku":"26293","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/26293_fb9ceda6-7735-416c-b8f5-22cf0aea9c95.jpg?v=1625570753"},{"product_id":"26611-uncertain-eagle-us-military-strategy-in-asia","title":"Uncertain Eagle   - US Military Strategy in Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Rupa\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2009\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 112\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9788129115508\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUncertain Eagle: US Military Strategy in Asia is a book that has essentially looked into the military strategy of the United States in Asia and how the changing strategies might impact on India and other countries in Asia. While the US continues to be the sole superpower, major rising powers such as China, Russia, Japan and India have begun to exert greater influence and challenge the United States in Asia as well as globally. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHowever, rising powers are not the only American concern. Other challenges include terrorism threat from al-Qaeda and its associates, threat of nuclear proliferation and ‘loose nukes’ in Iran, North Korea, and even Pakistan. Thus the US strategy has to respond to a wide range of perceived threats. Whether the US will remain an active player in the Asian military rivalries or choose to be an offshore balancer will be a key question. These choices have implication for both the Asian stability and the Indian security.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe United States’ commitment to and involvement in the Asia-Pacific in the coming decades is a reality that Washington has firmly come to grips with, given the nature of emerging threats and challenges that it faces. The long-team security of the region will certainly depend on the US continuing to extend its deterrence mechanism, because if US allies as well as friends are not convinced of US commitment, a possibility of Japan and even South Korea going nuclear cannot be ruled out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e1.\tIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e2.\tUS Security Environment\u003cbr\u003e3.\tUS Responses to Emerging Threats and Challenges\u003cbr\u003e4.\tCurrent Debates on the US Military Strategies\u003cbr\u003e5.\tNuclear Weapons in the US Military Strategy\u003cbr\u003e6.\tConclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEndnotes\u003cbr\u003eList of Acronyms\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan \/ Rupa \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40776586657961,"sku":"26611","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/26611_3297eee1-ed33-4347-9ac9-8692310f0b04.jpg?v=1625527992"},{"product_id":"2679-the-indian-army","title":"The Indian Army","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Lt General S L Menezes\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\/Viking\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1993\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 625\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0670839957\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a dispassionate and well-researched account of the Indian Army from its inception to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor a variety of reasons there has never been an effort to analyze in their entirety the different factors that went into the Indian Army's evolution, and the Army's gradual developments, over the years, into the magnificent organization it is today.  This book fills that vacuum admirably.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work traces evolution of Indian Army in chronological sequence, from the time the East India Company commanded forces in seventeenth-century India, to further its territorial and economic designs, to its twenty-first century status as the third largest army in the world.  The chapter on the 1857 Uprising, which has attracted considerable debate and scholarly dissertations from historians and academicians alike, is covered in much detail by the author as also the unification in 1895 of the three Presidency Armies, of Bengal, Bombay and Madras, into the Indian Army.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe year 1905, according to the author, was very significant in regard to the Indian Army for that was the year the Viceroy, Lord George Curson, resigned after a bitter policy dispute with the Commander-in-Chief in India, Lord Horatio Kitchner.  Thereafter, the long overdue Indianization of the commissioned ranks took place mainly in response to nationalist demands.  With the second World War, further sequential Indianization occurred.  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