Arming without Aiming: India's Military Modernization

(Paperback, Second Edition)

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Indias explosive economic growth and rising affluence have led many experts to predict a major rearmament effort. The second-most populous nation in the world is beginning to wield the economic power one would expect of such a behemoth, while its border with Pakistan remains a potential tinderbox and the subcontinent remains vulnerable to religious extremism. So the resources for rearmament are there, as are the motives. But what in fact has India actually done in the way of improving its military What should we expect to see in the future, and what will the likely results be In Arming without Aiming, Stephen Cohen and Sunil Dasgupta answer those crucial questions.

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"Cohen and Dasgupta argue that India lacks a security strategy and hence a rudderfor its military modernization.... If they are right, India is on track to violate therule that rising affluence brings rising military power." Foreign Affairs

"This cautionary tale will be required reading for all those concerned about Indiandefense policy and military modernization." Ashley Tellis, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

"Cohen's unmatched four decades' experience, studying and writing on Indiansecurity issues, gives this book an exceptional degree of feel for the ground. Thebook has come at a time when a serious and more participative discussion on theissues flagged in it is badly needed." Economic and Political Weekly (India)

Author Bio

Stephen P. Cohen is a senior fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution. His previous books include The Idea of Pakistan and India: Emerging Power (both with Brookings). Sunil Dasgupta is director of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County's Political Science Program at the Universities at Shady Grove, and a non resident senior fellow at Brookings.