Makers of Modern Asia edited by Ramachandra Guha, Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014; pp 385, price not indicated.
The new framework and the joint statement concluded with the US are very important moments for India?s foreign and security policy. India-US relations have been heading towards a greater engagement for many years and the recent agreements reflect a long-term process. However, the defence agreement has a long way to go in terms of committing either India or the US to very dramatic or radical military cooperation. In respect of the nuclear part of the July joint statement, there was little choice for India at the very least because of the safety and economics of the country?s nuclear programme.
The Bomb: Debates in Pakistan Kanti Bajpai Pakistan and the Bomb: Public Opinion and Nuclear Options edited by Samina Ahmed and David Cortright; University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1998.
