"India, a leading importer of advance conventional weaponry, has not planned strategically for its military needs, although the haphazard approach, due to competing elements within the military and a restraint policy in place since the Nehru era, may be the right one in seeking accommodation with others in the region"--Provided by publisher.

Restraint and affluence -- Struggling with reform -- Army modernization -- Air and naval modernization -- The reluctant nuclear power -- Police modernization -- Fighting change -- America and Indian rearmament.