{"title":"India–Pakistan Conflict","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore books on India–Pakistan relations, conflict, security, military history, border tensions, diplomacy, and the strategic issues shaping the region.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"13801-crafting-peace-in-kashmir-through-a-realist-lens","title":"Crafting Peace in Kashmir - Through a Realist Lens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Verghese Koithara\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sage Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2004\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 315\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0761932623\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this timely and topical book, the author argues that perceptions and emotions are the prime drivers behind the India-Pakistan conflict. In today's context, he maintains, the structure of the conflict is more resolvable than how it is commonly portrayed. Neither country has a need-in security, resource and internal coherence terms-for the part of J \u0026amp; K that is with the other country. To recognize this, however, the conflict needs to be analysed in terms of the true clash of interest of the parties, painting out the clutter of legal and ideological arguments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProtracted, violent conflicts elsewhere can provide a useful perspective to understand how conflict dynamics work and how conflict conclusion can be more realistically sought through a peace rather than a war strategy. The conflicts of Northern Ireland, Sri Lanka and Israel-Palestine have been analysed with this in view. Northern Ireland provides an illuminating example of using a well-crafted internal settlement to end a wider conflict. A study of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is useful to understand how very different are the structures of the two conflicts and how much more tractable the India-Pakistan conflict is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book presents reasons why Pakistan, and its army, can be induced to accept a final settlement along the LoC, provided it is made part of a broader deal that accords substantial autonomy to both sides of the new border. Also why such a deal shall not pose a risk to the security-internal and external-of either country. The LoC-in-border deal lies within amicable reach, but it calls for vision, flexibility ad strategy to arrive at it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresenting a completely new perspective on the Kashmir conflict, this book will attract a wide readership among scholars, journalists, policy-makers and anyone interested in the Kashmir issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe India-Pakistan Conflict\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Problem of Kashmir's Discontented\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConflict Drivers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNuclear Danger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKashmir and the Outside World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInsights From Northern Ireland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePointers From Sri Lanka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReflections on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving From Conflict to Peace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCreating A Peace Path in Kashmir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Verghese Koithara \/ Sage Publications \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776322285737,"sku":"13801","price":33.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/13801_4a04e88a-16d2-4db6-bde1-93571bd603c3.jpg?v=1625524672"},{"product_id":"3183-kargil-1999-pakistans-fourth-war-for-kashmir","title":"Kargil  1999 - Pakistan's Fourth War For Kashmir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Air Comm Jasjit Singh\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Knowledge World\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1999\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 331\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8186019227\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume puts together the core aspects that combined to culminate in the Kargil war and an account of the why and how of that war.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePakistan launched its fourth war for Kashmir in the summer of '99.  This statement needs some elaboration.  Pakistan has fought a total of five wars with India:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.   1947-48 War\u003cbr\u003e2.   1965 War\u003cbr\u003e3.   1971 War\u003cbr\u003e4.   The covert War since the early 1980s which began with the battles for    Saichen and which continues\u003cbr\u003e5. Kargil War in 1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf these, the war in 1971 was not specifically planned or fought with the primary purpose of taking Kashmir but all the other four were.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe see a continuity in those wars not only of the political-military objective but also of the assumptions, mind-sets, strategy and of Pakistan's defeat.  There is also continuity in the nature of Pakistani responses to these wars and the outcome in each case which is marked by absence of realism and unwillingness to accept reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Kargil War is also significant in that while Pakistan escalated its cover war (in 1988) after it acquired nuclear weapons in 1987, this is the first war fought with regular forces between the two states that had become overtly nuclear although not the first between nuclear-armed states.  And hence this volume that attempts to place the latest war in the context of the earlier attempts to take Kashmir by force.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause of the prolonged covert war and the rise of the Taliban phenomenon, it was natural that the focus would be weighted towards this aspect and its expansion to other parts of India.  After the overt nuclearisation of India and Pakistan in 1998, no one expected a full-scale war nor was it a realistic scenario.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe most important conclusion of the war is that few countries openly showed sympathy with the Indian position till the forward advance of our jawans up the mountains of the Kargil sector became unbeatable and the key heights started to be captured by the Indian army.  Toward the end of June, it became clear that Pakistan ;would need a face-saving device.  This was why the US President spent the 4th July at work.  But the propensity to transfer blame internally had kept increasing tensions between the dominant elements of the national power structure in Pakistan and has finally led to the military coup once again in Pakistan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER ONE\u003cbr\u003eThe Kashmir Issue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TWO\u003cbr\u003eThe Army in Pakistan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER THREE\u003cbr\u003eBattle for Siachen : Beginning of the Third War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER FOUR\u003cbr\u003eMujahideen and the Covert War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER FIVE\u003cbr\u003eThe Fourth War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER SIX\u003cbr\u003ePakistan's Military Defeat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER SEVEN\u003cbr\u003eIndian Air Force in Action\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER EIGHT\u003cbr\u003eInternational Responses\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER NINE\u003cbr\u003eBeyond Kargil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePostscript\u003cbr\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003eAppendices\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Air Comm Jasjit Singh \/ Knowledge World \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40776632008873,"sku":"3183","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/2949_07507edf-13d1-474f-a77f-2134e0b6a946.jpg?v=1625571115"},{"product_id":"3495-despatches-from-kargil","title":"Despatches from Kargil","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Srinjoy Chowdhury\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2000\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 231\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0140285245\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnforgettable tales of the Kargil war. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Kargil war in the summer of 1999 was a tale of brutality and courage.  Here was war in its essence: barren, icy peaks held by a strongly entrenched enemy, and the only way to dislodge the intruders was to climb up in the face of overwhelming fire.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn despatches from Kargil, the author, who covered the war for the Statesman, recounts what it was like for journalist to battle against deadlines, shellfire  to transmit their reports.  He draws graphic pictures of the major assaults, such as in Drass and Batalik, relying heavily on the first-hand accounts of those who took part in the action.  There are memorable portrayals of the soldiers and officers too - sometimes of the other side as well.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is war reportage at its best: observant, objective, and ultimately for all the wry understatement, extremely moving. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Srinjoy Chowdhury \/ Penguin \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776647934121,"sku":"3495","price":15.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/4042_ed4e5a80-fac9-4923-b920-337297974045.jpg?v=1625520566"},{"product_id":"7709-pakistans-proxy-war","title":"Pakistan's Proxy War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Gurmeet Kanwal\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Lancer Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2002\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 169\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8170622913\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents an incisive analysis of the trends and prospects of Pakistan’s proxy war and its wider ramifications. Specific recommendations focus on the pro-active military measures that are necessary to regain control, over the vitiated security situation and restore normalcy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor over a decade, Pakistan has been waging a proxy war against India in Jammu and Kashmir in keeping with its strategy of bleeding India through a thousand cuts. It recruits, trains, arms and equips mercenary terrorists and multinational fedayeen suicide squads and helps them to infiltrate across the LoC into Kashmir. In Afghanistan too, Pakistan has been engaged in a jehad through its virulently Islamist protégé, the Taliban. Post-September 11, the Pakistan government continued to permit Islamist fundamentalist terrorist organizations to operate openly from its territory, even as it professed to have abjured state-sponsored terrorism while joining the international coalition against terror.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author, a scholar warrior, has highlighted the long-term repercussions of military rule in Pakistan, exposed the malicious mullah-narcotics smuggler-army-police-criminal-civilian nexus and examined the impact of Pakistan’s ominous shadow over peace in Kashmir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProxy War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKargil Conflict\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePakistan’s Rogue Army\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeace Remains Elusive\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePakistan Back Under The Jackboot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSupporting the Taliban In Afghanistan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuilding Military Capabilities\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Gurmeet Kanwal \/ Lancer Publishers \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40776702623913,"sku":"7709","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/7709_6b956479-5253-4ff4-9d9e-f5b7098bb37d.jpg?v=1625529788"},{"product_id":"7766-musharrafs-war","title":"Musharraf's War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Rajendra Nath\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): Rajendra Nath\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Lancer's Books\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2003\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 298\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 817095018X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book deals with Kargil War in an analytical manner.  Well-qualified military writers have tackled the various aspects of the war in a detailed manner. 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He argues that India needs a vision for Kashmir and a policy to further that vision.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndian social structure had been evolved over thousands of years of amalgamation of various cultures, religions and ethnicity.  India may not have existed as a nation state yet it was a secular society.  98 percent of India lived in villages in peace and harmony. It was only 2 percent of urban India which controlled the public opinion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Inspite of the fact that the British wanted to expand their empire yet they never took over the direct control of the most strategically located Jammu and Kashmir state.  To safeguard their political interests they established Gilgit Agency (a lease from the Maharajah) in the northern end of India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The British, in order to perpetuate their rule, divided the Indian society on religious grounds.  They put Muslims against the Hindus.  They created Pakistan in order to have a state in that region which would be favorably disposed to Britain.  The Indian Independence Act was passed by the British Parliament.  Instrument of Accession was an integral part of that mechanism.  Yet the same British Government did not accept and advised USA not to accept the legality and constitutionality of accession of Jammu and Kashmir State to India, inspite of the fact that the instrument of accession had been signed by the Maharajah.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This breach of faith by both USA and UK, for over 50 years has been at the root of trouble in South Asia.  Indo-Pak relations became a victim of the Cold War.  These relations deteriorated when Pakistan was fighting proxy war on behalf of USA in Afghanistan.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e India defeated Pakistan in Indo-Pak wars of 1948, 1965 and 1971.  To get Kashmir by military means became impossible for Pakistan.  Zia planned a low cost proxy war in Kashmir to wear down India, under 'Operation Topac'.  That proxy war still goes on even through Zia could not implement the plan himself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Indo-Pak relations over the last 53 years have been like a pendulum; high, low and not so low.  Nuclear tests of India and Pakistan brought those relations to their lowest ebb. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Kargil war was a desperate attempt by Pakistan to capture Kashmir.  It was defeated militarily and humiliated diplomatically. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Army rule has re-emerged in Pakistan.  Indian Airlines plane was hijacked to Kandhar.  Militant organization and the Taliban, under the ISI, are still carrying out 'Operation Topac'.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e India wants peace.  Pakistan Army did not let the Lahore declaration take off.  Now the Indian Prime Minister has taken yet another initiative by declaring unilateral ceasefire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Pakistan may let the initiative succeed under US pressure.  But most likely Indo-Pak relations will continue to tread the same course. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e People of Kashmir are weary of insurgency, terrorism, counter insurgency and fear of the bullet.  They want peace and stability.  It is for the powers that be in India to provide this.  India needs a vision for Kashmir and a policy to further that vision, even if it takes a decade more to achieve it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eEvolution of J \u0026amp; K and Its Strategic Importance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003eDivine and Rule-British Period in India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003eAccession of Jammu and Kashmir to India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003eIndo-Pak Relations 1947-1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003eZia, Islamisation of Pakistan and Terrorism in Kashmir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003eYet Another Experiment with Democracy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII\u003cbr\u003eNuclear Dimension\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII\u003cbr\u003ePost Pokhran Developments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX\u003cbr\u003eKargil War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X\u003cbr\u003eThe Military Take Over\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI\u003cbr\u003eSituation within Kashmir Today\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII\u003cbr\u003eTalking Peace with the Militants\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII\u003cbr\u003eIndo-Pak Relations-Internal Dimension\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV\u003cbr\u003eIndo-Pak Relations-External Dimension\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XV\u003cbr\u003eWhat Does India Need to Do?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVI\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePostscript\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Ravi Nanda \/ Lancer's Books \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40776718155945,"sku":"8013","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/8013_1edf7f69-f981-4c96-8fb4-45867389b410.jpg?v=1625529914"},{"product_id":"8389-pokharan-vs-chhagai-hills-the-nuclear-dilemma-for-india-and-pakistan","title":"Pokharan Vs. 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Pakistan followed with five tests ion 28 May 1998 in Chhagai Hills of Baluchistan, and an additional test on 30 May.  The Indian tests surprised the world and particularly the Us intelligence and policy community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough the Indian government claimed concern about the deteriorating security and nuclear environment as its reason for testing, many observers believe that domestic political factors may have been responsible for at least the timing of the tests.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePakistan's test apparently of simple fission devices appear more aimed at demonstrating the possession of a capability based on a weapon design which it reportedly had acquired from China a decade or more ago. 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Each chapter provides significant justifications for the stand taken by both the countries on the nuclear issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eTerms \u003cbr\u003eAssociated with Nuclear Explosions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eSecurity Dilemma for India and Pakistan\u003cbr\u003eNuclear Programme of India\u003cbr\u003eNuclear Programme of Pakistan\u003cbr\u003eIndia, Pakistan and the Test Ban Issue\u003cbr\u003eNuclear Holocaust or Survival\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Dilip H Mohite \/ Kalinga Publications \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40776732213417,"sku":"8389","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/8389_f4ab9321-2c9e-4dec-8db1-f5838136b7f3.jpg?v=1625530071"},{"product_id":"3239-south-asia-on-a-short-fuse","title":"South Asia on a Short Fuse","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Praful Bidwai\u003cbr\u003eAchin Vanik\/\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1999\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195651782\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis topical book, while offering answers to questions such as what impelled the two South Asian neighbors to nuclearize, advances a thoroughgoing and incisive critique of reliance on nuclear weapons for security.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn May 1998, India did what many thought unthinkable: it conducted nuclear tests and joined the discriminatory global nuclear order it had long criticized - on the side of the discriminators, Pakistan followed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat impelled the two South Asian neighbors to nuclearize, especially just when a global momentum for nuclear disarmament, not just arms control, was emerging for the first time in the Nuclear Age?  What is the likely impact of this fateful decision on nuclear disarmament prospects? On regional security? On the subcontinent's societies? On their 500 million poor?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn exploring the domestic, regional and international factors behind South Asia's nuclearization, Bidwai and Vanaik offer an analysis that is at once theoretical and empirical, ethical and political, as well as rooted in the specific emergence of a belligerent, exclusivist, communal nationalism in both India and Pakistan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile evaluating the impact of nuclearization on South Asia and world security, the authors span a range of issues: the ethics of war, the irrationality of nuclear deterrence, changing power equations since 1945, and alternatives to a nuclear arms race.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSouth Asia on a Short Fuse argues that nuclearization has degraded not only India and Pakistan's security and global stature but will do little to deter conventional conflicts.  In fact, it is liable to draw them, and China, into a potentially ruinous arms race.  Therefore, the new challenges to the global nuclear order posed by South Asian developments calls for imaginative responses from the peace movement.  This work passionately pleads for radical, yet feasible, disarmament measures.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe authors are among South Asia's best regarded disarmament analysts and activists.  They bring a distinctively South-centered vision into a typically North-dominated field.  This landmark book is written for both general and specialist audiences. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE AUTHORS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraful Bidwai is a columnist for over twenty publications and until recently was Senior Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML), New Delhi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAchin Vanaik, a journalist and writer, has held senior positions at NMML and Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBidwai and Vanaik are founder members of MIND (Movement in India for Nuclear Disarmament) and Fellows of the Transnational Institute, Amsterdam.  This is their second major collaborative effort.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER ONE\u003cbr\u003eTHE TOP STORY OF THE CENTURY\u003cbr\u003eNuclearism : Sanctification of Popularization ?\u003cbr\u003eHollywood and the Bomb\u003cbr\u003eWhat this Book is About\u003cbr\u003eThe General Perspective\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TWO\u003cbr\u003eTHE GLOBAL CONTEXT-I\u003cbr\u003eBLOC RIVALRY AND THE HIGH NOON OF NUCLEARISM\u003cbr\u003eThe General Politics of the Cold War Era\u003cbr\u003eNuclearism during the Cold War\u003cbr\u003e'Massive Retaliation' to 'Flexible Response'\u003cbr\u003eArms Race Management to the Second Cold War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER THREE\u003cbr\u003eTHE GLOBAL CONTEXT - II\u003cbr\u003eHESITANT BUT NEW : DISARMAMENT MOMENTU,\u003cbr\u003eAFTER THE COLD WAR\u003cbr\u003eSix Renunciations\u003cbr\u003eNegative and Positive Consequences\u003cbr\u003eNato Enlargement and 'Stockpile Stewardship'\u003cbr\u003eIndefinite Extension of the NPT\u003cbr\u003eA Spate of New Initiatives and the World Court Verdict\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER FOUR\u003cbr\u003eTHE ROAD TO POKHARAN-II AND CHAGAI\u003cbr\u003eThe Fateful Days of May 1998\u003cbr\u003eWashington Misjudges Signals from Indian\u003cbr\u003eVajpayee's Rationalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOX 1 'Safe' Tests and Popular Doubts : Official Claims and People's Experience don't Match\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndia, Pakistan under Flak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSPECIAL SECTION \u003cbr\u003eHISTORIC DEGENERATION : EVOLUTION OF INDIA'S NUCLEAR POLICY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANNEXE 1 Willie Rivalry : What is the Truth about the Yields of Indian and Pakistani Tests ?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER FIVE\u003cbr\u003eFalse Explanations\u003cbr\u003eA Sino-Pakistan 'Axis'?\u003cbr\u003eHypocrisy and the Bomb\u003cbr\u003eNuclear Nationalism : the Sangh Factor\u003cbr\u003eHardliners' Muscle-Flexing\u003cbr\u003eNuclearization's Horrendous Cost\u003cbr\u003eThe Domestic Fallout\u003cbr\u003ePakistan in Imitation Mode\u003cbr\u003eIslamabad's Search for Parity\u003cbr\u003eInviting Ruin\u003cbr\u003eSetback to Democratization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER SIX\u003cbr\u003eINDEFENSIBLE ARMS : THE ETHICS OF WAR AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS\u003cbr\u003eUniquely Immoral\u003cbr\u003eJust and Unjust Wars\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBox 2Toys for the Boys : How Nuclearism Works against Women\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndiscriminate Destruction\u003cbr\u003eWhy Nuclear Deterrence is 'Abhorrent'\u003cbr\u003eThe Pax Christi Bishops' Argument\u003cbr\u003eThe Gandhi-Nehru Legacy and Its Degradation\u003cbr\u003eMilitarist Nationalism in India\u003cbr\u003eThe Anomalies of Ambiguity\u003cbr\u003eGandhi's Second Assassination'\u003cbr\u003eA Distinctive Insensitivity\u003cbr\u003eCelebrating Mass Destruction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER SEVEN\u003cbr\u003eAN UNAFFORDABLE ARSENAL : THE LIKELY COSTS OF A 'CREDIBLE MINIMUM DETERRENT'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlowing up $5500 billion\u003cbr\u003eHow much will Indian Nuclear Weapons Cost : Conservative Estimates Missed Opportunities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER EIGHT\u003cbr\u003eTHE DETERRENCE DELUSION : WHY NUCLEAR WEAPONS DO NOT GENERATE SECURITY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Problem of Realism\u003cbr\u003eThe Social-Neutrality Myth\u003cbr\u003eThe Fallacies of Nuclear Deterrence\u003cbr\u003eInstability of Nuclear Deterrence\u003cbr\u003eHow Reliable : Has Deterrence Really Worked ?\u003cbr\u003eThe Myth of 'Nuclear Blackmail'\u003cbr\u003eThe India-Pakistan Face-Off\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOX 3 Ramshackle Deterrence ? :\u003cbr\u003eThere is Little that is Reliable in the Disaster-Prone Subcontinent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANNEEXE 2 Bombing Bombay : More Devastating than Hiroshima ?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER NINE\u003cbr\u003eFROM ABSTINENCE, TO AMBIGUITY, TO THE NUCLEAR BLASTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePakistan : Teased into Testing \u003cbr\u003e'We'll Eat Grass…'\u003cbr\u003eIndian : Scientists' Pernicious Role\u003cbr\u003ePakistan : Reactive Consistency\u003cbr\u003ePokharan-I : From Abstinence to Ambiguity\u003cbr\u003e'Recessed Deterrence' or Silent Arms Race ?\u003cbr\u003eThe Turning Point of 1988\u003cbr\u003eThe US-Indian-Pakistan Triangle\u003cbr\u003eThe 'Chinese Threat' : Myth or Reality ?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TEN\u003cbr\u003eCHALLENGES TO THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR ORDER : WHOSE CRISIS ? WHOSE DILEMMA ?\u003cbr\u003eThe Skewed Global Security Equations\u003cbr\u003eDangers from Altered Security Equations\u003cbr\u003eA Multi-Class Nuclear Club\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOX 4 Where Are They?: World wide Nuclear Deployments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Hardening US Posture\u003cbr\u003eThe New Nukes' Dilemmas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER ELEVEN\u003cbr\u003eTHE STRUGGLE FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS ABOLITION\u003cbr\u003eThem and Us\u003cbr\u003elessons from Our Past\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOX 5: Marxists and Nuclear Weapons : \u003cbr\u003eAmbiguity and the 'Red Bomb'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Fallacy of 'Nuclear Imperialism'\u003cbr\u003ePublic Policy and Popular Consciousness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOX 6: No Peace in the 'Land of the Buddha'?:\u003cbr\u003eDisarmament Movements in South Asia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is to be Done ?\u003cbr\u003eThree Routes\u003cbr\u003eDenuclearization of South Asia\u003cbr\u003eThe Importance of NWFZs\u003cbr\u003eCTBT and Beyond\u003cbr\u003eA No First Use Pledge\u003cbr\u003eDe-Alerting Nuclear Weapons\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDICES \u003cbr\u003e1. The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty\u003cbr\u003e    The Importance of a Test Ban\u003cbr\u003e    The Final Treaty : Strengths and Weakness\u003cbr\u003e2. Self-Serving Sanctimoniousness : Indian Criticism of the CTBT\u003cbr\u003e3. Nuclear Weapon Treaties\u003cbr\u003e4. International Resolutions : India, Pakistan at the Receiving End\u003cbr\u003eThe Neighbourhood Reacts\u003cbr\u003eThe G-8 Position\u003cbr\u003eAsean Region Forum\u003cbr\u003eThe NAM Resolution\u003cbr\u003eSecurity council Resolution 1172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Praful Bidwai \/ Oxford University Press \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40789586509993,"sku":"3239","price":37.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/2952.jpg?v=1625571164"}],"url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/collections\/india-pakistan-conflict.oembed","provider":"The India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}