03476cam a22004214a 4500 16498264 OSt 20170105102907.0 101012s2011 nyua b 001 0 eng 2010043469 9780230109384 (hardback) 0230109381 (hardback) (OCoLC)ocn662407377 DLC DLC YDX BTCTA YDXCP BWX IUL CDX DLC pcc a-ii--- a-pk--- DS450.P18 I554 2011 954.053 22 IND 2011 POL011010 POL001000 POL034000 bisacsh 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. Part I. The Historical and Political Background of the Crisis: 1. The roots of crisis: post-Kargil conflict in Kashmir and the 2001-2002 near-war / Praveen Swami; 2. Understanding the political-military context of the 2002 military standoff: a Pakistani perspective / Zafar Jaspal -- Part II. The Conventional Military Environment: 3. Military dimension of the 2002 India-Pakistan standoff: planning and preparation for land operations / Gurmeet Kanwal -- Part III. Managing the Nuclear Environment: 4. What was done to achieve strategic stability during the Cold War? Lessons South Asia? / Michael O. Wheeler; 5. Pakistan's nuclear force posture and the 2001-2002 military standoff / Feroz Hassan Khan -- Part IV. Outside Actors and Crisis Resolution: The United States' Role: 6. U.S. crisis management in South Asia'ss Twin Peaks Crisis / Polly Nayak and Michael Krepon; 7. The 2001-2002 crisis: a real-time view from Islamabad / David Smith -- Part V. Avoiding Future Crises: 8. Arms control, confidence building and nuclear risk reduction: a Pakistani perspective / Naeem Ahmad Salik -- Conclusion: lessons learned and unlearned / Zachary S. Davis. "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."-- Nuclear weapons India. Nuclear weapons Pakistan. India Foreign relations Pakistan. Pakistan Foreign relations India. India Politics and government. Pakistan Politics and government. Davis, Zachary S., 1955- 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 14949 14949 0 0 0 0 NFIC CIPS CIPS GEN 2013-09-30 0 954.053 IND 2011 CIPS0001558 2013-10-24 2013-10-24 BK