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South Asia's Cold War: Nuclear Weapons and Conflict in Comparative Perspective
Contributor(s): Basrur, Rajesh M. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0415391946     ISBN-13: 9780415391948
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $199.50  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2008
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - Nuclear Warfare
- Non-classifiable
- Political Science | International Relations - Arms Control
Dewey: 355.021
LCCN: 2007044274
Series: Asian Security Studies
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" L (0.85 lbs) 172 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index
Review Citations: Choice 04/01/2009
 
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This book is a ground-breaking analysis of the India-Pakistan nuclear confrontation as a form of 'cold war' - that is, a hostile relationship between nuclear rivals.

Drawing on nuclear rivalries between similar pairs (United States-Soviet Union, United States-China, Soviet Union-China, and United States-North Korea), the work examines the rise, process and potential end of the cold war between India and Pakistan. It identifies the three factors driving the India-Pakistan rivalry: ideational factors stemming from partition; oppositional roles created by the distribution of power in South Asia; and the particular kind of relationship created by nuclear weapons. The volume assesses why India and Pakistan continue in non-crisis times to think about power and military force in outmoded ways embedded in pre-nuclear times, and draws lessons applicable to them as well as to other contemporary nuclear powers and states that might be engaged in future cold wars.
 
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