Perception, politics, and security in South Asia :
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[Book]
Other Title Information
the compound crisis of 1990 /
First Statement of Responsibility
P.R. Chari, Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema and Stephen Philip Cohen.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
RoutledgeCurzon,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2003.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (x, 173 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
RoutledgeCurzon advances in South Asian studies ;
Volume Designation
1
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-167) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Compound and complex crises. The strategic context ; The Soviets and the major non-regional powers ; ; China -- A region in turmoil on the eve of crisis. Democratic instability: "no good deed goes" ; A deteriorating political environment -- Kashmir ; From Simla to chaos ; 1984 -1988 -- From domestic insurgency to international concern. The war of words escalates ; The military crisis -- America's deepening engagement. The Gates mission ; The Gates mission: an evaluation -- 1990 as a nuclear crisis. The injection of nuclear weapons into the crisis ; The nuclear issue and the crisis -- Lessons for the real world.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book provides a detailed examination of the compound crisis between India and Pakistan that brought the region to the brink of a nuclear war in 1990 and places the crisis in the context of concurrent international events.
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Title
Perception, politics, and security in South Asia.
International Standard Book Number
0203349482
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
National security-- South Asia.
Nuclear weapons-- South Asia.
Diplomatic relations.
National security.
Nuclear weapons.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- International Relations-- General.