India's National Security: A Reader Edited By Kanti P. Bajpai, Harsh V. Pant

Book Details:

Publisher Oxford University Press
Publication Year 2013
ISBN-13 9780198081753
ISBN-10 0198081758
Language English
Binding Hardcover
Number of Pages 496 Pages

Book Summary:

India’s National Security: A Reader is one among the many others in the series that addresses certain critical matters in Indian politics. Essentially, the book comprises of papers on some important security challenges that India, as a nation, faces today. While discussing this subject, the book takes a long and deep look at the problems of insurgency, terrorism, nuclear issues, defence programs and strategic stability that plague the country.

India’s National Security: A Reader analyses the above mentioned issues under four sections. Together, these sections delve deep into the internal security measures taken by India. A few topics that have gained special emphasis in the book include terrorism and insurgency, domestic dangers and how India has responded to them, the country’s nuclear history and its relationships with neighboring countries. The book ends with an exhaustive discussion on the reforms needed in the defense measures of the country, a topic that is often neglected.

Published in 2013 by Oxford University Press, India’s National Security: A Reader, which has been edited by Kanti P. Bajpai and Harsh V. Pant and contributed to by several eminent people such as KPS Gill, Rajesh Rajagopalan, Sumit Ganguly, Ajay Sahni, Bethany Lacina, Bharat Karnad, Walter C. Ladwig III, George Perkovich and others, covers various issues related to national security in a very comprehensive, clear and concise manner. This makes the book an ideal read for a plethora people such as students, scholars, diplomats, experts in strategic affairs, journalists and policymakers.

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