Khan, Zafar,  1977- <br/><br/>
Pakistan's nuclear policy :  a minimum credible deterrence / 
Zafar Khan. 
 - xix, 178 pages ;  24 cm. 
 - Routledge contemporary South Asia series ;  84 .
 - Routledge contemporary South Asia series ;  84. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-172) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: the making of Pakistan's post-1998 nuclear policy -- Historical analysis of Pakistan's nuclear development program -- Pakistan's rationale of minimum deterrence: why the minimum? -- Pakistan's policy of minimum credible deterrence: why minimum is not the minimum -- Pakistan's nuclear force building -- Pakistan's doctrine of nuclear first use -- Pakistan's policy of arms control and disarmament: a call for arms control regime in South Asia -- Conclusion: a call for an actual minimum. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781138778795 (pback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014002646 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nuclear weapons--Pakistan.<br/>Nuclear weapons--Government policy--Pakistan.<br/>Deterrence (Strategy)<br/>Nuclear arms control--South Asia.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>U264.5.P18  / K436 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>355.02/17095491