The Routledge handbook of Indian defence policy : themes, structures and doctrines /: themes, structures and doctrines. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Handbook of Indian defence policy; Indian defence policy
• Uniform Title: Handbook of Indian defence policy.
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Harsh V. Pant.
• Editors: Pant, Harsh V
• Contents: Introduction Harsh V. Pant Section 1: Soldier, State and Society in India The Indian Army: 1700s-1947 Daniel Marston Indian Civil-Military Relations: An Overview Ayesha Ray Indian Society and the Soldier: Will the Twain Ever Meet? Kaushik Roy Section 2: Military and Foreign Policy India and the Changing Nature of War: Gradual Incrementalism? Yogesh Joshi and Harsh V. Pant Military as an instrument of India’s foreign policy: An Expanding Footprint Sushant K. Singh India’s Erratic Defence Diplomacy: In Need of a Booster Dose Nitin A. Gokhale India’s Counter Terror Diplomacy: Strategy and Outcome Vinay Kaura Section 3: The Services The Indian Army: Evolution in the Age of Nuclear Weapons and Terrorism Sunil Dasgupta Evolution of the Indian Navy: Towards a ‘Maritime Awakening’? Arun Prakash Indian Air Force: Persuasive in Peace, Effective in War Vinod Patney Evolution of Jointness in Indian Defence Forces: Stuck Between the Services Vinod Anand Section 4: Doctrines Indian Army’s flagship doctrines: Need for Strategic Guidance Ali Ahmed The Indian Navy’s Doctrinal Evolution: Between Deterrence and Denial Manjeet S. Pardesi Doctrinal Evolution in the Indian Air Force: Towards a Strategic Future Arjun Subramaniam Section 5: Defence Versus Development Changing Contours of Indian Defence Expenditure: Past as Prologue? Laxman Kumar Behera Defence Procurement in India: Challenges Abound Amit Cowshish Section 6: Internal Security Islamist Terrorism in India: A Hybrid Threat Stephen Tankel Bullet Holes in Village Walls: India's Naxalite Challenge Ajai Sahni Insurgencies in India's Northeast: Rise, Fall and the Rise? Bibhu Prasad Routray Section 7: Institutional Infrastructure The Evolution in India’s National Security Apparatus: Persisting Structural Deficiencies Frank O’ Donnell and Harsh V. Pant The Indian Intelligence System: Meeting the Challenges of a New World Vikram Sood The Indian Police: Need for Reinvention R.N. Ravi Para Military Forces and Central Armed Police Forces of India: Punching Below Their Capabilities Narender Kumar Professional Military Education in India: Towards a New Architecture Kapil Patil Section 8: Nuclear Weapons and Space Nuclear Weapons in India’s Defence Policy: Achieving Conventional-Nuclear Synergy Verghese Koithara Space Security and Missile Defence: Towards Greater Pragmatism Rajeswari P. Rajagopalan India’s Cyber Defence Capabilities: Their Role in Net-Centric Warfare Kartik Bommakanti Index
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: New Delhi : Routledge India
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 355.033554; India -- Military policy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000074352; 9781000074291; 9781000074321; 9780429352386
• Related ISBNs: 9780367370282
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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