Dangerous Deterrent: Nuclear Weapons Proliferation and Conflict in South Asia

(Part of the Studies in Asian Security Series)

by S. Paul Kapur

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Does the proliferation of nuclear weapons cause ongoing conflicts to diminish or to intensify? The spread of nuclear weapons to South Asia offers an opportunity to investigate this crucial question. Optimistic scholars argue that by threatening to raise the cost of war astronomically, nuclear weapons make armed conflict in South Asia extremely unlikely. Pessimistic scholars maintain that nuclear weapons make the subcontinent war-prone, because...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0804755507

ISBN13:9780804755504

Release Date:March 2007

Publisher:Stanford University Press

Length:280 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.3" x 8.9"

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