South Asia's Cold War : Nuclear Weapons and Conflict in Comparative Perspective Hardback
by Rajesh M. Basrur
Part of the Asian Security Studies series
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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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- Pages:172 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:25/04/2008
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- ISBN:9780415391948
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:172 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:25/04/2008
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- ISBN:9780415391948