India’s nuclear bomb

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1. Developing the Technological Base for the Nuclear Option 1948-1963 -- 2. The First Compromise Shift toward a "Peaceful Nuclear Explosive" 1964 -- 3. The Search for Help Abroad and the Emergence of Nonproliferation December 1964-August 1965 -- 4. War and Leadership Transitions at Home August 1965-May 1966 -- 5. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and Secretly Renewed Work on a Nuclear Explosive 1966-1968 -- 6. Political Tumult and Inattention to the Nuclear Program 1969-1971 -- 7. India Explodes a "Peaceful" Nuclear Device 1971-1974 -- 8. The Nuclear Program Stalls 1975-1980 -- 9. More Robust Nuclear Policy Is Considered 1980-1984 -- 10. Nuclear Capabilities Grow and Policy Ambivalence Remains November 1984-December 1987 -- 11. The Nuclear Threat Grows Amid Political Uncertainty 1988-1990 -- 12. American Nonproliferation Initiatives Flounder 1991-1994 -- 13. India Verges on Nuclear Tests 1995 May 1996 -- 14. India Rejects the CTBT June 1996-December 1997 -- 15. The Bombs That Roared 1998 -- Conclusion: Exploded Illusions of the Nuclear Age -- App. India's Nuclear Infrastructure.