India-an Economic Failure or a Potential Superpower

Authors

Demitri B. Shimkin
Claude V. Ricketts

Abstract

On 28 December 1968 the successful test of China's first thermonuclear weapon initiated a profound shift in world power balances. India's compe­tent 13-day rout of Pakistan's armed forces in late 1971 marks a second stage of this realignment. This stage is perhaps even more significant than the first, particularly in its implications for the non-Western, non-Marxist, impoverished Third World.

Recommended Citation

Shimkin, Demitri B. and Ricketts, Claude V. (1972) "India-an Economic Failure or a Potential Superpower," Naval War College Review: Vol. 25: No. 5, Article 1.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol25/iss5/1