Asymmetric Warfare in South Asia - The Causes and Consequences of the Kargil Conflict

Informationen zum Autor Peter R. Lavoy is Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis and Chairman of the National Intelligence Council. He has previously served as Principal Director for Requirements, Plans and Counterproliferation Policy and Director for Counterproliferation Policy in the Office of Secretary of Defense. This book was produced whilst he was on the faculty of the Naval Postgraduate School. Klappentext A unique account of military conflict under the shadow of nuclear escalation, with access to the soldiers and politicians involved. Zusammenfassung The 1999 Kargil conflict between India and Pakistan was a landmark event not because of its duration or casualties! but because it contained a real risk of nuclear escalation. This unique analysis includes unprecedented access to Indian! Pakistani! and U.S. government officials and military officers actively involved in the conflict. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: the importance of the Kargil conflict Peter R. Lavoy; Part I. Causes and Conduct of the Conflict: 2. The strategic context of the Kargil conflict: a Pakistani perspective Zafar Iqbal Cheema; 3. Pakistan's motivations and calculations for the Kargil conflict Feroz Hassan Khan, Peter R. Lavoy and Christopher Clary; 4. Military operations in the Kargil conflict John H. Gill; 5. American diplomacy and the 1999 Kargil Summit at Blair House Bruce Riedel; 6. Kargil: the nuclear dimension Timothy D. Hoyt; 7. Why Kargil did not produce general war: the crisis-management strategies of Pakistan, India, and the United States Peter R. Lavoy; Part II: Consequences and Impact of the Conflict: 8. Surprise at the top of the world: India's systemic and intelligence failure James J. Wirtz and Surinder Rana; 9. Militants in the Kargil conflict: myths, realities, and impacts C. Christine Fair; 10. The impact of the Kargil conflict and Kashmir on Indian politics and society Praveen Swami; 11. The Kargil conflict's impact on Pakistani politics and society Saeed Shafqat; Part III. Lessons Learned: 12. The lessons of Kargil as learned by India Rajesh M. Basrur; 13. The lessons of Kargil as learned by Pakistan Hasan-Askari Rizvi; 14. The Kargil crisis: lessons learned by the United States Rodney W. Jones and Joseph McMillan; 15. Kargil, deterrence, and international relations theory Robert Jervis....

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• Authors: Peter Lavoy, Peter R. Lavoy
• Assisted by: Peter R. Lavoy (Editor), Lavoy Peter R. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.11.2009
• EAN: 9780521767217
• ISBN: 978-0-521-76721-7
• No. of pages: 426
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Asiatische Geschichte, Pakistan, Indischer Subkontinent, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, military history, History - Military / War, HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia, International Relations, India, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Asian History, Modern warfare, c 1990 to c 1999, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Specific wars and campaigns