| Description |
lii, 392 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Pervez Hoodbhoy -- Scientists and India's nuclear bomb / M.V. Ramana -- The coming of the atomic age to Pakistan / Zia Mian -- Pakistan : climbing the nuclear ladder / Pervez Hoodbhoy -- Pakistan : understanding the 'world's fastest growing arsenal' / Pervez Hoodbhoy -- Kashmir : from nuclear flashpoint to South Asia's bridge of peace? / Pervez Hoodbhoy -- Nationalism and the bomb / Pervez Hoodbhoy -- Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the 'Islamic bomb" / Pervez Hoodbhoy -- Post bin Laden : the safety and security of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal / Pervez Hoodbhoy -- Commanding and controlling nuclear weapons / Zia Mian -- The infeasibility of early warning / Zia Mian, R. Rajaraman, and M.V. Ramana -- Pakistan's battlefield use of nuclear weapons / Zia Mian and A.H. Nayyar -- What nuclear war could do to South Asia / Matthew McKinzie ... [et al.] -- Pakistan's nuclear diplomacy and the fissile material cut-off treaty / Zia Mian and A.H. Nayyar -- Speculations on the future of nuclear South Asia / Pervez Hoodbhoy and Zia Mian -- America, global domination, and global disarmament / Pervez Hoodbhoy and Zia Mian -- Nuclear electricity is not the answer for Pakistan / Pervez Hoodbhoy -- Nuclear electricity is not the answer for India / Suvrat Raju |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- India.
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Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Pakistan.
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Security, International.
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| Author |
Hoodbhoy, Pervez.
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| LC no. |
2012433018 |
| ISBN |
019906833X |
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9780199068333 |
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