Perception, Politics and Security in South Asia: The Compound Crisis of 1990 / Edition 1

by P R Chari, Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, Stephen P Cohen

Overview

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. Placing the crisis in the context of concurrent international events such as the fall of the Soviet Union, the authors draw out the lesson for present-day South Asian affairs. The book also makes a significant contribution to the debates on the role of nuclear weapons, confidence and security building strategies and the place of ethnicity in contemporary international relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415406031
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/18/2006
Series:	Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

P R Chari, Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, Stephen P Cohen

Table of Contents

Introduction1. The Strategic Context2. A Region in Turmoil on the Eve of Crisis3. Kashmir: From Simla to Chaos4. From Domestic Insurgency to International Concern5. America's Deepening Engagement6. 1990 as a Nuclear Crisis7. Lessons for the Real War?