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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Asymmetric warfare in South Asia</title>
    <subTitle>the causes and consequences of the Kargil Conflict</subTitle>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Lavoy, Peter R. (Peter René)</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1961-</namePart>
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    <publisher>Cambridge University Press</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2009</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xvii, 407 p. : maps ; 24 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Part 1, Causes and conduct of the conflict. The strategic context of the Kargil conflict : a Pakistani perspective / Zafar Iqbal Cheema ; Pakistan's motivations and calculations for the Kargil conflict / Feroz Hassan Khan, Peter R. Lavoy, and Christopher Clary ; Military operations in the Kargil conflict / John H. Gill ; American diplomacy and the 1999 Kargil  Summit at Blair House / Bruce Riedel ; Kargil : the nuclear dimension / Timothy D. Hoyt ; Why Kargil did not produce general war : the crisis-management strategies of Pakistan, India, and the United States / Peter R. Lavoy -- Part 2, Consequences and impact of the conflict. Surprise at the top of the world : India's systemic and intelligence failure / James J. Wirtz and Surinder Rana ; Militants in the Kargil conflict : myths, realities, and impacts / C. Christine Fair ; The impact of the Kargil conflict and Kashmir on Indian politics and society / Praveen Swami ; The Kargil conflict's impact on Pakistani politics and society / Saeed Shafqat -- Part 3, Lessons learned. The lessons of Kargil as learned by India / Rajesh M. Basrur ; The lessons of Kargil as learned by Pakistan / Hasan-Askari Rizvi ; The Kargil crisis : lessons learned by the United States / Rodney W. Jones and Joseph McMillan ; Kargil, deterrence, and international relations theory / Robert Jervis.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">edited by Peter R. Lavoy.</note>
  <note>Includes index.</note>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Kargil War, 1999</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Kargil (India)</geographic>
    <topic>History, Military</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>India</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Pakistan</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Pakistan</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>India</geographic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">DS485.K1943 A89 2009</classification>
  <classification authority="ddc">959 ASY 2009</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9780521767217 (hardback)</identifier>
  <identifier type="isbn">0521767210</identifier>
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