Fearful Symmetry - India-Pakistan Crises in the Shadow of Nuclear Weapons

Informationen zum Autor Sumit Ganguly is professor of political science and Rabindranath Tagore Chair of Indian Cultures and Civilizations at Indiana University, Bloomington. Devin T. Hagerty is associate professor of political science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Klappentext Sumit Ganguly is professor of political science and Rabindranath Tagore Chair of Indian Cultures and Civilizations at Indiana University, Bloomington. Devin T. Hagerty is associate professor of political science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Zusammenfassung Questioning why India and Pakistan have not fought another major war! this book gives a crisp answer: nuclear weapons. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Introduction 2. Wars without End? 3. 1984: India, Pakistan, and Preventive War Fears 4. Threat Perceptions, Military Modernization, and a Crisis 5. The 1990 Kashmir Crisis 6. Out of the Closet: The 1998 Nuclear Tests Crisis 7. The Road to Kargil 8. The 2001-2 Indo-Pakistani Crisis: Exposing the Limits of Coercive Diplomacy 9. Lessons, Implications, and Policy Suggestions Index

Product details

• Authors: Sumit Ganguly, Sumit Hagerty Ganguly, Devin T Hagerty, Devin T. Hagerty
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.06.2006
• EAN: 9780295986357
• ISBN: 978-0-295-98635-7
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories