"India's rise to power will remain incomplete until it acquires, and develops, the capacity to effectively utilize the full panoply of military power. Although India has made impressive strides in this direction in recent years, Stephen Cohen's and Sunil Dasgupta's "Arming without Aiming" demonstrates how much still needs to be done. This cautionary tale will be required reading for all those concerned about Indian defense policy and military modernization." --Ashley J. Tellis, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

"The book is an empathetic, objective, and comprehensive narration and analysis of the evolution of Indian defense policy and management. The Indian strategic establishment is groping to find ways and means of safeguarding its progress toward becoming a twenty-first-century knowledge power in an international community still dominated by strategic thought from the World War II era. Steve Cohen and Sunil Dasgupta have brought into bold relief this somewhat inchoate and as yet not fully formulated effort. This will be a required reading for all senior service officers, civil servants, politicians, and academics engaged in Indian security." --K. Subrahmanyam, Indian defense expert

"Cohen and Dasgupta argue that India lacks a security strategy and hence a rudder for its military modernization.... If they are right, India is on track to violate the rule that rising affluence brings rising military power."-- "Foreign Affairs"

"This cautionary tale will be required reading for all those concerned about Indian defense policy and military modernization."--Ashley Tellis, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

"Cohen's unmatched four decades' experience, studying and writing on Indian security issues, gives this book an exceptional degree of feel for the ground. The book has come at a time when a serious and more participative discussion on the issues flagged in it is badly needed."-- "Economic and Political Weekly (India)"

"Much has been made of the emergence of India on the global stage. In "Arming without Aiming", Cohen and Dasgupta provide an expert assessment of what India's rise means for its unevenly modernizing military, which is destined to become the third largest in the world. Anyone with an interest in the growing rivalry between India and China, or in the impact that a stronger, although still extraordinarily outdated, Indian military will mean for U.S.-India ties, should read this. This is an important book on an important subject, which is likely to remain unparalleled for many years." --Edward Luce, Washington bureau chief, "Financial Times"