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The India-Pakistan military standoff : crisis and escalation in South Asia / edited by Zachary S. Davis
Bib ID 5383629
Format BookBook
Edition 1st ed. 
Description New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011 
xvi, 240 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. 
ISBN 9780230109384 (hardback)  0230109381 (hardback) 
Series

Initiatives in strategic studies--issues and policies.

Summary

"This book focuses on the 2001-2002 crisis that brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war. Like the 1999 Kashmir crisis and the 2008 Mumbai crisis, the 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament set in motion events that nearly spun out of control. Indias military mobilization raised the specter of full-scale war and the possibility that Pakistan, faced with the defeat of its Army, would resort to nuclear weapons. The volumes authors focus on five main areas: the political history that led to the crisis; the conventional military environment during the crisis; the nuclear environment during the crisis; coercive diplomacy and de-escalation during the crisis; and arms control and confidence-building measures that can help South Asia to avoid similar crises in the future."--

"This book focuses on the 2001-2002 crisis that brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war. Like the 1999 Kashmir crisis and the 2008 Mumbai crisis, the 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament set in motion events that nearly spun out of control. India's military mobilization raised the specter of full-scale war and the possibility that Pakistan, faced with the defeat of its Army, would resort to nuclear weapons. The volumes authors focus on five main areas: The political history that led to the crisis; the conventional military environment during the crisis; the nuclear environment during the crisis; coercive diplomacy and de-escalation during the crisis; and arms control and confidence-building measures that can help South Asia to avoid similar crises in the future"--

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  • Part 1: The Historical and Political Background of the Crisis * The Roots of Crisis: Post-Kargil Conflict in Kashmir and the 2001-2002 Near War
  • Praveen Swami * The Political-Military Background of the 2001-2002 Military Standoff: A Pakistani Perspective
  • Zafar Jaspal * Part 2: The Conventional Military Environment * The Military Dimension of the 2001-2002 India-Pakistan Standoff: Planning and Preparation for Land Operations
  • Gurmeet Kanwal * Part 3: Managing the Nuclear Environment * What Was Done to Achieve Strategic Stability During the Cold War? Implications for South Asian Crises
  • Michael Wheeler * Pakistans Nuclear Force Posture and the 2001-2002 Crisis
  • Feroz Khan * Part 4: Outside Actors and Crisis Resolution:_ The United States Role * Crisis Management in South Asias Twin Peaks Crisis
  • Polly Nayak and Michael Krepon * The 2002 Crisis: A Real-Time View From Islamabad
  • David Smith * Part 5: Avoiding Future Crises * Arms Control, Confidence Building and Nuclear Risk Reduction in South Asia: A Pakistani Perspective
  • Naeem Salik * Conclusion: Lessons Learned and Unlearned.
 
Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects Nuclear weapons - India.  |  Nuclear weapons - Pakistan.  |  India - Foreign relations - Pakistan.  |  Pakistan - Foreign relations - India.  |  India - Politics and government.  |  Pakistan - Politics and government.
Other authors/contributors Davis, Zachary S., 1955-

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