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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829179803321

Titolo

South Asia's nuclear security dilemma : India, Pakistan, and China / / Lowell Dittmer, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-315-70067-0

1-317-45955-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

East Gate Book

Altri autori (Persone)

DittmerLowell

Disciplina

355.02/17/0954

355.02170954

Soggetti

National security - South Asia

Nuclear weapons - India

Nuclear weapons - Pakistan

Nuclear weapons - China

China Military policy

South Asia Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

An East Gate book.

First published 2005 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The political economy of minimal deterrence -- pt. 2. The power structure of the region.

Sommario/riassunto

The nuclear test explosions in India and Pakistan in 1998, followed by the outbreak of hostilities over Kashmir in 1999, marked a frightening new turn in the ancient, bitter enmity between the two nations. Although the tension was eclipsed by the events of 9/11 and the subsequent American attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq, it has not disappeared, as evidenced by the 2001 attack in the Indian Parliament by Islamic fundamentalists out of Kashmir. By 2002, these two nuclear-armed neighbors seemed to be once again on the brink of war. This book outlines the strategic structure of the rivalry and the