New Nukes: India, Pakistan and Global Nuclear DisarmamentSignal Books, 2000 - 312 pages Nuclear tests in India and Pakistan brought the threat of nuclear war back to the world's centre stage. The tests and nuclear moves have raised regional tension, increased poverty in already impoverished nations, and could possibly have fuelled an arms race which goes beyond the borders of the two countries. This text examines the causes and consequences of India and Pakistani nuclear tests. The book provides a framework for understanding the global context of these tests, and looks at approaches for nuclear abolition in Asia and the West. |
Table des matières
The Top Story of the Century | 1 |
Bloc Rivalry and the High Noon of Nuclearism | 13 |
Hesitant and New Disarmament Momentum after | 30 |
The Road to Pokharan II and Chagai | 44 |
South Asia in the Nuclear Trap The Causes | 69 |
Indefensible Arms The Ethics of War and Nuclear Weapons | 115 |
An Unaffordable Arsenal The Cost of a Credible | 148 |
The Deterrence Delusion Why Nuclear Weapons | 156 |
From Abstinence to Ambiguity to the Nuclear Blasts | 186 |
Challenges to the Global Nuclear Order Whose Crisis? | 213 |
The Struggle for Nuclear Weapons Abolition | 232 |
Appendices | 263 |
Abbreviations | 290 |
Bibliography | 304 |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
New Nukes: India, Pakistan, and Global Nuclear Disarmament Praful Bidwai,Achin Vanaik Affichage d'extraits - 2000 |
New Nukes: India, Pakistan and Global Nuclear Disarmament Praful Bidwai,Achin Vanaik Affichage d'extraits - 2000 |
New Nukes: India, Pakistan and Global Nuclear Disarmament Praful Bidwai,Achin Vanaik Affichage d'extraits - 2000 |
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