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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807796403321

Autore

Chari P. R

Titolo

Perception, politics, and security in South Asia : the compound crisis of 1990 / / P.R. Chari, Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema and Stephen Philip Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003

ISBN

1-134-39679-1

1-134-39680-5

0-203-47518-6

0-203-34948-2

1-280-07246-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Collana

RoutledgeCurzon advances in South Asian studies ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

CheemaPervaiz Iqbal <1940->

CohenStephen P. <1936->

Disciplina

327.5405491/09/049

Soggetti

National security - South Asia

Nuclear weapons - South Asia

India Foreign relations Pakistan

Pakistan Foreign relations India

South Asia Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-167) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The strategic context; A region in turmoil on the eve of crisis; Kashmir: from Simla to chaos; From domestic insurgency to international concern; America's deepening engagement; 1990 as a nuclear crisis; Lessons for the real world; Notes; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a detailed examination of the compound crisis between India and Pakistan that brought the region to the brink of a nuclear war in 1990 and places the crisis in the context of concurrent international events.