| Title: | South Asia's Cold War : Nuclear weapons and conflict in comparative perspective |
| Authors: | Rajesh m. Basrur |
| Material Type: | Books |
| Publisher: | London [United Kingdom] : Routledge, 2008 |
| Article on page: | XI, 171 |
| Series: | Asian security studies |
| ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-415-39194-8 |
| Languages: | English |
| Class number: | 327.054 054 91 |
| Descriptors: | |
| Tags: | India--Foreign relations--Pakistan ; Pakistan--Foreign relations--India ; Nuclear weapons--India ; Nuclear weapons--Pakistan |
| Abstract: |
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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| Barcode | Call number | Media type | Location | Section | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 109681R | 327.054 054 91 BAS S | Book | Royal Military Academy | Bibliothèque ERM | Available |
