Title: The nuclearization of South Asia /
Authors: Matinuddin, Kamal.
Date: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Physical description: xiv, 356 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
Language: English
LC classification: U
Contents: Introduction -- Security perceptions -- India's nuclear weapons programme -- Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme -- The missile race -- Atomic tests -- World reaction to the tests -- The theory of nuclear deterrence -- Arms control and disarmament -- Measures for nuclear non-proliferation -- The Kashmir dispute and nuclear deterrence -- What next? -- Conclusion -- Appendices i. Prithvi, Agni I and Agni II (technical data) -- ii. Treaty on the non-proliferation for nuclear weapons (NPT) -- iii. Comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty (CTBT) -- iv. Pakistan's nuclear programme-chronolgy of events -- v. Chronology of Pakistani missile development -- vi. India's nuclear programme-a chronology of events -- vii. Chronology of Indian missile development -- viii. The Pressler amendment -- ix. The Glenn amendment -- x. The Symington amendment -- xi. The Brown amendment -- xii. US Sanctions on India and Pakistan in response to their nuclear tests -- xiii. Strategic restraint regime proposals by Pakistan -- xiv. Indian proposals for a strategic restraint regime in South Asia -- xv. Draft report of the National Security Advisory Board on the Indian nuclear doctrine, August 17, 1999.
Subject headings (LCSH): India--Defenses.; India--Military relations--Pakistan.; National security--South Asia.; Nuclear weapons--India.; Nuclear weapons--Pakistan.; Nuclear weapons--South Asia.; Pakistan--Defenses.; Pakistan--Military relations--India.; South Asia--Military policy.