The Nuclearization of South Asia
| Author: |
Kamal Matinuddin |
| Publisher: |
Oxford University Press |
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This book is the first of its kind that traces the nuclear and missile programmes of both Pakistan & India from their inception to their present status.
Description:
The book discusses India’s decision to flaunt its nuclear capability, and Pakistan’s decision to follow suit.
It also presents an analysis of India’s nuclear doctrines, and suggests ways by which Pakistan can keep the size of its nuclear programme to a minimum. Moreover, the author emphasizes the need for both Pakistan and India to take measures to prevent a nuclear and missiles arms race, and to guard against an accidental nuclear exchange.
Written by a former Pakistan army general this book uncovers the implications of the nuclearization of India and Pakistan. The two neighbors who have thrice gone to war were only recently engaged in the Kargil crisis.
| DesiStore # |
PBH00995 |
| ISBN |
0-19-579416-8 |
| Edition |
First |
| Year |
2002 |
| Pages |
356 |
| Weight (kg) |
0.61 |
| Shipping Weight (lbs) |
1.54 |
| HB/PB |
Hard Back |
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Kamal Matinuddin discusses various defence theories with their strategic and diplomatic applications in South Asia where the acquisition of nuclear power has not impeded conventional conflict.
“The issues involved are so central to national survival or the extinction of life for centuries in target areas in South Asia, that we must encourage and promote every effort to inform public opinion, and the leadership which is destined to shape it...I hope your book will be read...by the public at large and studied closely in professional institutions of higher learning, strategic institutes and departments of security studies as also planning staffs in the three services and in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, Formerly Foreign Minister of Pakistan
This is an insightful treatise about the arms race in a region which could endanger the entire human race.
The Nuclearization of South Asia
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