TY - BOOK AU - Khan,Zafar TI - Pakistan's nuclear policy: a minimum credible deterrence T2 - Routledge contemporary South Asia series SN - 9781138778795 (pback) AV - U264.5.P18 K436 2015 U1 - 355.02/17095491 23 PY - 2015/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group KW - Nuclear weapons KW - Pakistan KW - Government policy KW - Deterrence (Strategy) KW - Nuclear arms control KW - South Asia N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-172) and index; 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 ER -