South Asia's Cold War - Couverture souple

Basrur, Rajesh M. M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415570352 ISBN 13 : 9780415570350

Editeur : Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

This book is a ground-breaking analysis of the India-Pakistan nuclear confrontation as a form of 'cold war' - that is, a hostile relationship between nuclear rivals.

Drawing on nuclear rivalries between similar pairs (United States-Soviet Union, United States-China, Soviet Union-China, and United States-North Korea), the work examines the rise, process and potential end of the cold war between India and Pakistan. It identifies the three factors driving the India-Pakistan rivalry: ideational factors stemming from partition; oppositional roles created by the distribution of power in South Asia; and the particular kind of relationship created by nuclear weapons. The volume assesses why India and Pakistan continue in non-crisis times to think about power and military force in outmoded ways embedded in pre-nuclear times, and draws lessons applicable to them as well as to other contemporary nuclear powers and states that might be engaged in future cold wars.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Rajesh M. Basrur is Associate Professor, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415570352
• ISBN 13: 9780415570350
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 184
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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