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028			_a: Zafaa Books & Distributors _b: 313/56F,Anand Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi-110035 _c: ZBD0666 _d: 18/03/2023
082			_a355.825 ABR
100			_aAbraham, Itty.
245			_aThe making of the Indian atomic bomb _b : science, secrecy and the postcolonial state. _c/ Itty Abraham.
260			_a, London, New York _b: Zed Books _c, 1998.
300			_a ix, 180 pages _c; 22 cm.
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505			_aPreface * Introduction * Creating the Indian Atomic Energy Commission * Postcolonial Modernity: Building Atomic Reactors in India * Learning How to Love the Bomb: The 'Peaceful' Nuclear Explosion of 1974 * Fetish, Secrecy, National Security
520			_aIn 1974 India exploded an atomic device. In May 1998 the new right-wing BJP Government set off several more, encountering in the process domestic plaudits, but also international condemnation and possibly sparking a new nuclear arms race in South Asia. What explains the enthusiasm of the Indian public for nuclear power? This book is the first serious historical account of the development of India's nuclear programme and of how the bomb came to be made. The author questions orthodox interpretations implying that it was a product of international conflict. He argues that in fact the explosions had nothing to do with national security as conventionally understood and everything to do with establishing the legitimacy of the independent nation-state. He demonstrates the linkages that exist between the two apparently separate discourses of national security and national development.
650			_aHistory
650			_aAtomic bomb
650			_aNuclear nonproliferation
650			_aNuclear weapons
700			_aItty Abraham
942			_cBOOK
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