The India-Pakistan military standoff : crisis and escalation in South Asia /
edited by Zachary S. Davis.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- xvi, 240 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Initiatives in strategic studies : issues and policies .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Historical and Political Background of the Crisis: The roots of crisis: post-Kargil conflict in Kashmir and the 2001-2002 near-war / Understanding the political-military context of the 2002 military standoff: a Pakistani perspective / The Conventional Military Environment: Military dimension of the 2002 India-Pakistan standoff: planning and preparation for land operations / Managing the Nuclear Environment: What was done to achieve strategic stability during the Cold War? Lessons South Asia? / Pakistan's nuclear force posture and the 2001-2002 military standoff / Part IV. Outside Actors and Crisis Resolution: The United States' Role: U.S. crisis management in South Asia'ss Twin Peaks Crisis / The 2001-2002 crisis: a real-time view from Islamabad / Avoiding Future Crises: Arms control, confidence building and nuclear risk reduction: a Pakistani perspective / Conclusion: lessons learned and unlearned / Praveen Swami; Zafar Jaspal -- Gurmeet Kanwal -- Michael O. Wheeler; Feroz Hassan Khan -- Polly Nayak and Michael Krepon; David Smith -- Naeem Ahmad Salik -- Zachary S. Davis. Part I. 1. 2. Part II. 3. Part III. 4. 5. 6. 7. Part V. 8.
"This book focuses on the 2001-2002 crisis that brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war. Like the 1999 Kashmir crisis and the 2008 Mumbai crisis, the 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament set in motion events that nearly spun out of control. India's military mobilization raised the specter of full-scale war and the possibility that Pakistan, faced with the defeat of its Army, would resort to nuclear weapons. The volumes authors focus on five main areas: the political history that led to the crisis; the conventional military environment during the crisis; the nuclear environment during the crisis; coercive diplomacy and de-escalation during the crisis; and arms control and confidence-building measures that can help South Asia to avoid similar crises in the future."--