India, Pakistan, and the bomb : debating nuclear stability in South Asia / Šumit Ganguly and S. Paul Kapur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ganguly, Sumit.

Contributor:

Kapur, S. Paul.

Series:

Contemporary Asia in the world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear arms control--India.

Nuclear arms control.

Nuclear arms control--Pakistan.

Nuclear nonproliferation--India.

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Nuclear nonproliferation--Pakistan.

National security--India.

National security.

India.

National security--Pakistan.

Pakistan.

India--Foreign relations--Pakistan.

International relations.

Pakistan--Foreign relations--India.

Physical Description:

x, 132 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2010]

Summary:

"In May 1998, India and Pakistan put to rest years of speculation about whether they possessed nuclear technology and openly tested their weapons. Some believed nuclearization would stabilize South Asia; others prophesized disaster. Authors of two of the most comprehensive books on South Asia's new nuclear era, Sumit Ganguly and S. Paul Kapur, offer competing theories on the transformation of the region and what these patterns mean for the world's next proliferators." "With these two major interpretations, Ganguly and Kapur tackle all sides of an urgent issue that has profound regional and global consequences. Sure to spark discussion and debate, India, Pakistan, and the Bomb thoroughly maps the potential impact of nuclear proliferation."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

The history of Indo-Pakistani conflict

Competing arguments about South Asian proliferation

South Asia's nuclear past

South Asia's nuclear present and future

Three points of agreement.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780231143745

0231143745

9780231512824

0231512821

OCLC:

428731374