Fearful symmetry : India-Pakistan crises in the shadow of nuclear weapons

Fearful symmetry : India-Pakistan crises in the shadow of nuclear weapons /

With the nuclearisation of the Indian sub-continent, Indo-Pakistani crises have acquired a deadly significance. The authors examine six crises of the past two decades and the role that nuclear weapons and the security dynamics of the United States in theregion have played in averting a major conflic...

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Main Author: Ganguly, Sumit
Other Authors: Hagerty, Devin T.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Since 1977
Nuclear weapons > India.
Nuclear weapons > Pakistan.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies.
Diplomatic relations
Nuclear weapons
Politics and government
Außenpolitik
Kernwaffe
Politischer Konflikt
India > Foreign relations > Pakistan.
Pakistan > Foreign relations > India.
India > Politics and government > 1977-
Pakistan > Politics and government > 1988-
Inde > Relations extérieures > P*akist*an.
P*akist*an > Relations extérieures > Inde.
Inde > Politique et gouvernement > 1977-
P*akist*an > Politique et gouvernement > 1988-
Inde > Relations extérieures > Pākistān.
Pākistān > Relations extérieures > Inde.
Pākistān > Politique et gouvernement > 1988-
India
Pakistan
Indien
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Table of Contents:
  • Wars without end?
  • 1984: India, Pakistan, and preventive war fears
  • Threat perceptions, military modernization and a crisis
  • The 1990 Kashmir crisis
  • Out of the closet: the 1998 nuclear tesets crisis
  • The road to Kargil
  • The 2001-2 Indo-Pakistani crisis: exposing the limits of coercive diplomacy
  • Lessons, implications, and policy suggestions.

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