• Part 1 Introduction. Part 2 India - regional security from Aryan times to the present: from the Aryans to the British - the legacy of invasion; independence, partition and the war of 1947; statehood and insecurity; Indian security perceptions and international politics; territorial integrity and the threat from the north-west; Pakistan - limitations and capabilities; India's national security problems and Sri Lanka; the Himalayan kingdoms and Bangladesh; the China question; the Indian Ocean; domestic, regional and international - India and the seamless web of security. Part 3 Defence policy and practice - 1947-62: introduction; defence before independence; independence and the formation of defence policy; the blackett report; the Indian army; the Indian air force; the Indian navy; actors and institutions - the dynamics of defence policy; conclusion. Table 3.l Selected Indian air force and royal air force procurement, 1946-61; Table 3.2 Military expenditure and procurement of sophisticated armament in India and Pakistan, 1948-62. Part 4 From humiliation to regional hegemony - the maturing of defence policy, 1962-80: the sino-Indian war of 1962; defence policy; the 1964 rearmament programme; the strengthening of Soviet-Indian relations; the 1965 Indo-Pakistan war - consolidation and a new direction; the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war - the third round; the Soviet Union and India - burgeoning dependency; the Janata period - reduced dependency and increased procurement; Indian defence policy, 1962-80 - answers in search of problems. Part 5 Indian arms imports - 1980-88: the new cold war and South Asia; the Indian response; the Indian army; the Indian navy; the Indian air force; procurement in search of a policy? Part 6 India's defence sector, 1988-91 - the gravy train derailed: 1988 - the end of an era; the Indian economy and the road to debt; the defence sector in the late 1980s; the end of the rupee - rouble trade; India enters the arms bazaar. Part 7 Indigenous defence production - the failure of policy implementation: indigenous defence production in the South; making the commitment; indigenous production for the army; indigenous production for the navy; indigenous production for the air force; the light combat aircraft - forward to the past?; indigenous defence production - unfulfilled expectations. Part 8 Nuclear weapons and delivery systems: India and nuclear weapons - the early years; India and nuclear policy before the non-proliferation treaty. Part contents.

the work is very well documented and constitutes a very reliable guide to Indian defence