{"product_id":"dangerous-deterrent-s-paul-kapur-9780804755498","title":"Dangerous Deterrent: Nuclear Weapons Proliferation and Conflict in South Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003eDoes the proliferation of nuclear weapons cause ongoing conflicts to diminish or to intensify? The spread of nuclear weapons to South Asia offers an opportunity to investigate this crucial question. Optimistic scholars argue that by threatening to raise the cost of war astronomically, nuclear weapons make armed conflict in South Asia extremely unlikely. Pessimistic scholars maintain that nuclear weapons make the subcontinent war-prone, because of technological, political, and organizational problems. This book argues that nuclear weapons have destabilized the subcontinent, principally because of their interaction with India and Pakistan's territorial preferences and relative military capabilities. These findings challenge both optimistic and pessimistic conventional wisdom and have implications beyond South Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. Paul Kapur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804755493\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804755498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"S. Paul Kapur","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44058197754111,"sku":"9780804755498","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5d283b09-263b-4147-8fd8-aef613cd9613.jpg?v=1685051195","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dangerous-deterrent-s-paul-kapur-9780804755498","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}