Asymmetric warfare in South Asia
Subtitle: the causes and consequences of the Kargil Conflict
By: edited by Peter R. Lavoy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
ISBN-13: 9780521767217
Subjects: Kargil War, 1999; Military History; Foreign relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1, Causes and conduct of the conflict. The strategic context of the Kargil conflict: a Pakistani perspective / Zafar Iqbal Cheema; Pakistan's motivations and calculations for the Kargil conflict / Feroz Hassan Khan, Peter R. Lavoy, and Christopher Clary; Military operations in the Kargil conflict / John H. Gill; American diplomacy and the 1999 Kargil Summit at Blair House / Bruce Riedel; Kargil: the nuclear dimension / Timothy D. Hoyt; Why Kargil did not produce general war: the crisis-management strategies of Pakistan, India, and the United States / Peter R. Lavoy; title: Part 2, Consequences and impact of the conflict. Surprise at the top of the world: India's systemic and intelligence failure / James J. Wirtz and Surinder Rana; Militants in the Kargil conflict: myths, realities, and impacts / C. Christine Fair; The impact of the Kargil conflict and Kashmir on Indian politics and society / Praveen Swami; The Kargil conflict's impact on Pakistani politics and society / Saeed Shafqat; title: Part 3, Lessons learned. The lessons of Kargil as learned by India / Rajesh M. Basrur; The lessons of Kargil as learned by Pakistan / Hasan-Askari Rizvi; The Kargil crisis: lessons learned by the United States / Rodney W. Jones and Joseph McMillan; Kargil, deterrence, and international relations theory / Robert Jervis.