{"product_id":"south-asias-cold-war-nuclear-weapons-and-conflict-in-comparative-perspective-9780415391948","title":"South Asia's Cold War: Nuclear Weapons and Conflict in Comparative Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rajesh M. Basrur\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Military - Nuclear Warfare\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a ground-breaking analysis of the India-Pakistan nuclear confrontation as a form of 'cold war' - that is, a hostile relationship between nuclear rivals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on nuclear rivalries between similar pairs (United States-Soviet Union, United States-China, Soviet Union-China, and United States-North Korea), the work examines the rise, process and potential end of the cold war between India and Pakistan. It identifies the three factors driving the India-Pakistan rivalry: ideational factors stemming from partition; oppositional roles created by the distribution of power in South Asia; and the particular kind of relationship created by nuclear weapons. The volume assesses why India and Pakistan continue in non-crisis times to think about power and military force in outmoded ways embedded in pre-nuclear times, and draws lessons applicable to them as well as to other contemporary nuclear powers and states that might be engaged in future cold wars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46887369179287,"sku":"9780415391948","price":14551.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780415391948.webp?v=1770255678","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/south-asias-cold-war-nuclear-weapons-and-conflict-in-comparative-perspective-9780415391948","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}