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Dangerous deterrent : nuclear weapons proliferation and conflict in South Asia

This book examines the impact of nuclear arms proliferation on the security environment of South Asia. and on the behavior of new nuclear states elsewhere in the world.
Print Book, English, ©2007
Stanford University Press : Sponsored by the East-West Center, Stanford, Calif., ©2007
x, 262 pages ; 24 cm.
9780804755498, 9780804755504, 0804755493, 0804755507
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The problem of proliferation
Militarized behavior during the South Asian proliferation process
Territorial preferences and military capabilities
The nonnuclear period
The de facto nuclear period
The overt nuclear period
Beyond South Asia
Dangerous deterrent
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index