Arming without Aiming

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.

"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)