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India and the Bomb: Public Opinion and Nuclear Options
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"Superb scholarship. Never before has a single book combined
a rich description of public attitudes with a fair discussion of India's
real nuclear options." -Thomas W. Graham, The Rockefeller Foundation
"An extremely useful new tool for understanding Indian
nuclear policy and the dynamics of proliferation in South Asia." -Leonard
Spector, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
1996
By David Cortright, Amitabh Mattoo
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In 1994 the Fourth Freedom Forum, in cooperation with the Joan B. Kroc Institute
for International Peace Studies, conducted a comprehensive survey of Indian
attitudes toward nuclear arms, and in India and the Bomb: Public Opinion
and Nuclear Options, the findings of that landmark survey are examined.
India and the Bomb provides an in-depth view of the nuclear choices
currently facing India and all of South Asia—from nuclear abstinence to
outright weaponization—and uses the findings of the public opinion poll
to evaluate the level of popular support for each option. The survey results
and the accompanying essays, written by a new generation of Indian scholars,
introduce new voices into the debate on nuclear policy and thereby help to democratize
the discussion of India's nuclear options. South Asia area specialists, international
relations scholars, and nuclear proliferation experts will appreciate India
and the Bomb for its fresh approach and innovative methodology in addressing
this vital issue of international security.
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David Cortright is chair of the Board and Senior Fellow of the Fourth Freedom Forum in Goshen, Indiana and codirector of its Sanctions and Security Research Program. He is also director of Policy Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He has served as consultant or advisor to various agencies of the United Nations, the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict, the International Peace Academy, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Along with George A. Lopez he has provided research and consulting services to the Foreign Ministry of Sweden, the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, and the Foreign Ministry of Germany. He has written widely on nuclear disarmament, nonviolent social change, and the use of incentives and sanctions as tools of international peacemaking.
Amitabh Mattoo is a specialist in South Asian security and a freelance journalist.
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