India, Pakistan, and the bomb : debating nuclear stability in South Asia
Material type: TextSeries: Publication details: New York Columbia University Press c2010Description: x, 132 pISBN: 9780231143745 (cloth : alk. paper); 0231143745 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780231512824 (ebook); 0231512821 (ebook)Subject(s): Nuclear arms control | Nuclear arms control | Nuclear nonproliferation | Nuclear nonproliferation | National security | National securityDDC classification: 327.17470954 Review: "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.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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"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.
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