Fearful Symmetry: India-Pakistan Crises in the Shadow of Nuclear Weapons

Fearful Symmetry: India-Pakistan Crises in the Shadow of Nuclear Weapons
ISBN-10
0295985259
ISBN-13
9780295985251
Series
Fearful Symmetry
Category
History
Pages
223
Language
English
Published
2005
Authors
Devin T. Hagerty, Sumit Ganguly

Description

With the nuclearisation of the Indian sub-continent, Indo-Pakistani crises have acquired a deadly significance. The authors examine six crises of the past two decades and the role that nuclear weapons and the security dynamics of the United States in theregion have played in averting a major conflict.

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