LEADER 02695oam 2200697I 450 001 9910797183403321 005 20230807215322.0 010 $a1-315-70067-0 010 $a1-317-45955-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315700670 035 $a(CKB)3710000000401870 035 $a(EBL)2010584 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001462016 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12632471 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001462016 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11478842 035 $a(PQKB)10216262 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2010584 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2010584 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11042502 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL767910 035 $a(OCoLC)923712281 035 $a(OCoLC)958107402 035 $a(OCoLC)909899532 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB141333 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000401870 100 $a20180706e20152005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSouth Asia's nuclear security dilemma $eIndia, Pakistan, and China /$fLowell Dittmer, editor 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (297 p.) 225 0 $aEast Gate Book 300 $aAn East Gate book. 300 $aFirst published 2005 by M.E. Sharpe. 311 $a0-7656-1419-7 311 $a0-7656-1418-9 327 $apt. 1. The political economy of minimal deterrence -- pt. 2. The power structure of the region. 330 $aThe 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 606 $aNational security$zSouth Asia 606 $aNuclear weapons$zIndia 606 $aNuclear weapons$zPakistan 606 $aNuclear weapons$zChina 607 $aChina$xMilitary policy 607 $aSouth Asia$xMilitary policy 615 0$aNational security 615 0$aNuclear weapons 615 0$aNuclear weapons 615 0$aNuclear weapons 676 $a355.02/17/0954 701 $aDittmer$b Lowell$0268378 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797183403321 996 $aSouth Asia's nuclear security dilemma$93695066 997 $aUNINA