Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XI
4. Introduction 1
5. ONE. Developing the Technological Base for the Nuclear Option 1948-1963 13
6. TWO. The First Compromise Shift toward a "Peaceful Nuclear Explosive" 1964 60
7. THREE. The Search for Help Abroad and the Emergence of Nonproliferation DECEMBER I964-AUGUST I965 86
8. FOUR. War and Leadership Transitions at Home AUGUST 1965-MAY 1966 106
9. FIVE. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and Secretly Renewed Work on a Nuclear Explosive 1966-1968 125
10. SIX. Political Tumult and Inattention to the Nuclear Program 1869-1971 146
11. SEVEN. India Explodes a "Peaceful" Nuclear Device 1971 - 1974 161
12. EIGHT. The Nuclear Program Stalls 1975-1980 190
13. NINE. More Robust Nuclear Policy Is Considered 1980-1984 226
14. TEN. WW Nuclear Capabilities Grow and Policy Ambivalence Remains NOVEMBER 1984-DECEMBER 1987 261
15. ELEVEN. The Nuclear Threat Grows Amid Political Uncertainty 1988-1990 293
16. TWELVE. American Nonproliferation Initiatives Flounder 1991-1994 318
17. THIRTEEN. India Verges on Nuclear Tests 1995-MAY 1996 353
18. FOURTEEN. India Rejects the CTBT JUNE 1996-DECEMBER 1997 378
19. FIFTEEN. The Bombs That Roared 1998 404
20. CONCLUSION Exploded Illusions of the Nuclear Age 444
21. Afterword JANUARY 1999-JANUARY 2001 469
22. APPENDIX. India’s Nuclear Infrastructure 507
23. NOTES 511
24. INDEX 627