India, Pakistan, and the Bomb: Debating Nuclear Stability in South Asia

by S. Paul Kapur and S Paul Kapur

Book Overview

In May 1998, India and Pakistan put to rest years of speculation as to whether they possessed nuclear technology and openly tested their weapons. Some believed nuclearization would stabilize South Asia; others prophesized disaster. Authors of two of the most comprehensive books on South Asia's new nuclear era, Sumit Ganguly and S. Paul Kapur, offer competing theories on the transformation of the region and what these patterns mean for the world's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231143753
• ISBN13: 9780231143752
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher