Books by George Perkovich

In May 1998, India shocked the world - and many of its own citizens - by detonating five nuclear weapons in the Rajasthan desert. This title presents a comprehensive history of how the world's largest democracy, has grappled with the twin desires to have and to renounce the bomb.

Examines the challenges that exist to abolishing nuclear weapons, and suggests what can be done to start overcoming them. This survey begins looks at the challenge of verifying the transition to zero. It examines how the civilian nuclear industry could be managed in a nuclear-weapon free world in such a way as to avoid rearmament.