{"product_id":"south-asias-cold-war-rajesh-m-basrur-9780415391948","title":"South Asia's Cold War: Nuclear Weapons and Conflict in Comparative Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is a ground-breaking analysis of the India-Pakistan nuclear confrontation as a form of 'cold war' - that is, a hostile relationship between nuclear rivals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on nuclear rivalries between similar pairs (United States-Soviet Union, United States-China, Soviet Union-China, and United States-North Korea), the work examines the rise, process and potential end of the cold war between India and Pakistan. It identifies the three factors driving the India-Pakistan rivalry: ideational factors stemming from partition; oppositional roles created by the distribution of power in South Asia; and the particular kind of relationship created by nuclear weapons. The volume assesses why India and Pakistan continue in non-crisis times to think about power and military force in outmoded ways embedded in pre-nuclear times, and draws lessons applicable to them as well as to other contemporary nuclear powers and states that might be engaged in future cold wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rajesh M. Basrur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415391946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415391948\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2009","brand":"Rajesh M. Basrur","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064910328063,"sku":"9780415391948","price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_38f8e822-7afa-4a1f-a28c-595900ec37bf.jpg?v=1768671859","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/south-asias-cold-war-rajesh-m-basrur-9780415391948","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}