Matinuddin, Kamal.

The nuclearization of South Asia / Kamal Matinuddin. - Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2002. - xiv, 356 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-348) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction 1 -- 2. Security Perceptions 36 -- 3. India's Nuclear Weapons Programme 60 -- 4. Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons Programme 81 -- 5. The Missile Race 109 -- 6. Atomic Tests 123 -- 7. World Reaction to the Tests 144 -- 8. The Theory of Nuclear Deterrence 167 -- 9. Arms Control and Disarmament 189 -- 10. Measures for Nuclear Non-Proliferation 199 -- 11. The Kashmir Dispute and Nuclear Deterrence 214 -- 12. What Next? 227 -- 13. Conclusion 246 -- Afterword 251 -- Appendices 261 -- i. Prithvi, Agni I, and Agni II (Technical Data) 263 -- ii. Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) 265 -- iii. Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) 271 -- iv. Pakistan's Nuclear Programme-Chronology of Events 301 -- v. Chronology of Pakistani Missile Development 311 -- vi. India's Nuclear Programme-A Chronology of Events 313 -- vii. Chronology of Indian Missile Development 318 -- viii. The Pressler Amendment 321 -- ix. The Glenn Amendment 32. -- x. The Symington Amendment 32; -- xi. The Brown Amendment 331 -- xii. US Sanctions on India and Pakistan in Response 33; -- to their Nuclear Tests -- xiii. Strategic Restraint Regime Proposals by Pakistan 33' -- xiv. Indian Proposals for a Strategic Restraint 33( -- Regime in South Asia -- xv. Draft Report of the National Security 34( -- Advisory Board on the Indian Nuclear -- Doctrine, August 17, 1999 -- Bibliography 345 -- Index 349.

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Nuclear weapons--South Asia.


South Asia--Military policy.

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