1st Edition
Nuclear Weapons and Conflict Transformation The Case of India-Pakistan
By Saira Khan
Copyright 2009
220 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
This new volume explores what the acquisition of nuclear weapons means for the life of a protracted conflict.
The book argues that the significance of the possession of nuclear weapons in conflict resolution has been previously overlooked. Saira Khan argues that the acquisition of nuclear weapons by states keeps conflicts alive indefinitely, as they are maintained by frequent crises and... Read more
IntroductionPart 1: Theory 1. Studies on Conflict Transformation2. Scholarship on Ramifications of Nuclear Weapons Acquisition3. Elucidating Conflict Transformation with Nuclear WeaponsPart 2: The India-Pakistan Protracted Conflict 4. Life of the Protracted Conflict5. Introduction of Nuclear Weapons in the Conflict6. Crises and Wars in the Pre-Nuclear Period7. Crises and Non-escalation in the Nuclear Period8. Futile Peace Initiatives in the Midst of Violence9. Conflict Transformed10. Potential for Conflict Termination.Conclusion.Bibliography
Biography
Saira Khan
[Do not use until 09/01/09] "This book is an excellent analysis of how nuclear weapons acquisition can transform a conflict...Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, research, and professional collections." -- CHOICE, Sept. 2009 Vol. 47 No. 01
