The Politics of Nuclear Weapons in South Asia

Herausgeber: Chakma, Bhumitra

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An important and critical re-evaluation of South Asia's post-tests nuclear politics. Unlike other books, this volume emphasises the political dimension of South Asia's nuclear weapons, explains how the bombs are used as politico-strategic assets rather than pure battlefield weapons and how they are employed by India and Pakistan in an extremely complex and competitive South Asian strategic landscape.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 587g
• ISBN-13: 9781409426257
• ISBN-10: 1409426254
• Artikelnr.: 45373275

Autorenporträt

Bhumitra Chakma, University of Hull, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface; Introduction, Bhumitra Chakma; Part I Nuclear Deterrence
and South Asia: Conceptual and Practical Dimensions: Two decades of minimum
deterrence in South Asia: a comparative framework, Rajesh M. Basrur; The
road from Pokhran II, Sumit Ganguly; The Pakistani nuclear deterrent,
Bhumitra Chakma. Part II Doctrinal Developments: India's nuclear doctrine:
10 years since the Kargil conflict, Swaran Singh; Pakistan's post-test
nuclear use doctrine, Bhumitra Chakma. Part III Nuclear Politics:
Extra-Regional Linkages and Consequences: The China factor in South Asian
nuclear politics, Binoda Kumar Mishra; South Asia's nuclear deterrence and
the USA, Bhumitra Chakma; Nuclear proliferation in South Asia and its
impact on regional cooperation, Nishchal Nath Pandey and Bhumitra Chakma.
Part IV Confidence-Building and Nuclear Arms Control: 'I had gone to Lahore
with a message of goodwill but in return we got Kargil': the promise and
perils of 'leaps of trust' in India-Pakistan relations, Nicholas J.
Wheeler; Nuclear confidence-building measures between India and Pakistan:
possible alternatives, Zafar Nawaz Jaspal; Addressing nuclear dangers:
confidence building between India, China and Pakistan, Dipankar Banerjee;
Nuclear arms control challenges in South Asia, Bhumitra Chakma;
Bibliography; Index.