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In the opening part of the Book, Shri Patil provides an ANALYSIS of context and ability. both nuclear, making the role of a country in international politics in the nuclear age of today. Provocatively enough, he seeks a nuclear decision for India and follows it lows it up. Parts II, III and IV are entitled Statistics,<br/>Documents and Bibliography respectively. STATISTICS provided in the work include: Nuclear Missile System Costs, Plutonium-based War-head Production Costs, Delivery Vehicles Costs, World Nuclear Power Reactors, India's Position in the Nuclear Field. India and the technological Gap.<br/>The SECTION ON DOCUMENTS contains choice statements of Pt. Jawaharial Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Dr. Homi J. Bhabha and the present Prime Minister, Smt. Indira Gandhi, and other important officials. The value of this section is enhanced by presenting the shades of opinion of all important political parties of India. Very representative statements of the governments of France, China, West Germany, Japan, Pakistan, Sweden, Brazil as well as the United Nations resolutions and Text of the Treaty of the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons are also provided in a neat form.<br/><br/>THE BIBLIOGRAPHY marvels in depth and breadth of collection of books and articles published in several languages all over the world. It is an education enough to go through the titles listed under the heads Theories of Nuclear Strategy Politics among Nuclear Powers; Debate on Preventing Further Nuclearization Disarmament and Arms Control: Nuclear Weapons in combination with International Law, Space, Ethics, Foreign Policy, Science, etc... A big section is particularly devoted to the study of nuclear problems of selected countries like China, France. Germany, Japan, Sweden, Israel, South Africa, Pakistan, etc. Of course, special attention is paid to India. |
