The Nuclear Shadow over South Asia, 1947 to the Present (Hardcover)

Contents: Introduction; Part I Realpolitik and Nuclearization of South Asia: Preventing the 'Smiling Buddha': British-Indian nuclear relations and the Commonwealth Nuclear Force 1964-68, Susanna Schrafstetter; Debating New Delhi's nuclear decision, Rodney W. Jones and Sumit Ganguly; Nuclear deterrence in South Asia: the 1990 Indo-Pakistani Crisis, Devin T. Hagerty; India's nuclear doctrine and command structure: implications for India and the world, Harsh V. Pant; Regime design matters: the CTBT and India's nuclear dilemma, Jyotika Saksena; Toward a 'force-in-being': the logic, structure, and utility of India's emerging nuclear posture, Ashley J. Tellis; India as a nuclear power, Stephen P. Cohen; Limited cooperation between limited allies: India's strategic programs and India-US strategic trade, Varun Sahni; Lest we forget: the futility and irrelevance of nuclear weapons for India, S.R. Valluri; Nuclear and missile development, Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema; Pakistan's nuclear weapons program: turning points and nuclear choices, Samina Ahmed; Weapons of mass destruction: Pakistan's perspective, Jamshed Ayaz Khan; Emerging NMD technologies and India: impact and options for Pakistan, Maria Sultan; The Indian Ocean and the 2nd Nuclear Age, Donald L. Berlin. Part II Strategic Culture and Nuclear Weapons: Hinduism and the ethics of weapons of mass destruction, Katherine K. Young; Of oral traditions and ethnocentric judgements, Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu; Name index.