Nehru e a bomba: o programa nuclear indiano, 1947-1964

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Cláudio Esteves
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/13112
• topic: Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964; India-Foreign policy; India-Nuclear policy; Nehru, Jawaharlal,1889-1964; Índia-Política externa; Índia-Política nuclear; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::CIENCIA POLITICA::POLITICA INTERNACIONAL

The objective of this work is the focus on India s foreign and nuclear policy during the period of government - 1947 to 1964 - when Jawaharlal Nehru was Prime Minister of that country. It was during this period that Nehru initiated policies forecasting India s strategies and interests to forge a neutral position rather than the military pacts that characterized the Cold War period. Whilst defending the pacification of international conflict; the ending of imperialism and racialism; the decreasing of inequality between nations, and the elimination of all nuclear armaments, Nehru embarked on an ambiguous policy that was ostensibly peaceful, yet it disguised the preservation of independence the breaking of ties with imperialism while still sustaining the option to create a nuclear weapons programme. My premise is that Nehru devised strategic goals to guarantee conditions favourable to India and achieve an international profile as a formidable future power. I have also attempted to confront the actions and the depth of Nehru s nuclear policy combining his ideas and proposals for an independent India as detailed in the seminal publication The Discovery of India .