{"product_id":"south-asia-on-a-short-fuse","title":"South Asia on a Short Fuse","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Praful Bidwai\u003cbr\u003eAchin Vanik\/\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1999\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195651782\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis topical book, while offering answers to questions such as what impelled the two South Asian neighbors to nuclearize, advances a thoroughgoing and incisive critique of reliance on nuclear weapons for security.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn May 1998, India did what many thought unthinkable: it conducted nuclear tests and joined the discriminatory global nuclear order it had long criticized - on the side of the discriminators, Pakistan followed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat impelled the two South Asian neighbors to nuclearize, especially just when a global momentum for nuclear disarmament, not just arms control, was emerging for the first time in the Nuclear Age?  What is the likely impact of this fateful decision on nuclear disarmament prospects? On regional security? On the subcontinent's societies? On their 500 million poor?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn exploring the domestic, regional and international factors behind South Asia's nuclearization, Bidwai and Vanaik offer an analysis that is at once theoretical and empirical, ethical and political, as well as rooted in the specific emergence of a belligerent, exclusivist, communal nationalism in both India and Pakistan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile evaluating the impact of nuclearization on South Asia and world security, the authors span a range of issues: the ethics of war, the irrationality of nuclear deterrence, changing power equations since 1945, and alternatives to a nuclear arms race.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSouth Asia on a Short Fuse argues that nuclearization has degraded not only India and Pakistan's security and global stature but will do little to deter conventional conflicts.  In fact, it is liable to draw them, and China, into a potentially ruinous arms race.  Therefore, the new challenges to the global nuclear order posed by South Asian developments calls for imaginative responses from the peace movement.  This work passionately pleads for radical, yet feasible, disarmament measures.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe authors are among South Asia's best regarded disarmament analysts and activists.  They bring a distinctively South-centered vision into a typically North-dominated field.  This landmark book is written for both general and specialist audiences. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE AUTHORS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraful Bidwai is a columnist for over twenty publications and until recently was Senior Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML), New Delhi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAchin Vanaik, a journalist and writer, has held senior positions at NMML and Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBidwai and Vanaik are founder members of MIND (Movement in India for Nuclear Disarmament) and Fellows of the Transnational Institute, Amsterdam.  This is their second major collaborative effort.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER ONE\u003cbr\u003eTHE TOP STORY OF THE CENTURY\u003cbr\u003eNuclearism : Sanctification of Popularization ?\u003cbr\u003eHollywood and the Bomb\u003cbr\u003eWhat this Book is About\u003cbr\u003eThe General Perspective\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TWO\u003cbr\u003eTHE GLOBAL CONTEXT-I\u003cbr\u003eBLOC RIVALRY AND THE HIGH NOON OF NUCLEARISM\u003cbr\u003eThe General Politics of the Cold War Era\u003cbr\u003eNuclearism during the Cold War\u003cbr\u003e'Massive Retaliation' to 'Flexible Response'\u003cbr\u003eArms Race Management to the Second Cold War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER THREE\u003cbr\u003eTHE GLOBAL CONTEXT - II\u003cbr\u003eHESITANT BUT NEW : DISARMAMENT MOMENTU,\u003cbr\u003eAFTER THE COLD WAR\u003cbr\u003eSix Renunciations\u003cbr\u003eNegative and Positive Consequences\u003cbr\u003eNato Enlargement and 'Stockpile Stewardship'\u003cbr\u003eIndefinite Extension of the NPT\u003cbr\u003eA Spate of New Initiatives and the World Court Verdict\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER FOUR\u003cbr\u003eTHE ROAD TO POKHARAN-II AND CHAGAI\u003cbr\u003eThe Fateful Days of May 1998\u003cbr\u003eWashington Misjudges Signals from Indian\u003cbr\u003eVajpayee's Rationalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOX 1 'Safe' Tests and Popular Doubts : Official Claims and People's Experience don't Match\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndia, Pakistan under Flak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSPECIAL SECTION \u003cbr\u003eHISTORIC DEGENERATION : EVOLUTION OF INDIA'S NUCLEAR POLICY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANNEXE 1 Willie Rivalry : What is the Truth about the Yields of Indian and Pakistani Tests ?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER FIVE\u003cbr\u003eFalse Explanations\u003cbr\u003eA Sino-Pakistan 'Axis'?\u003cbr\u003eHypocrisy and the Bomb\u003cbr\u003eNuclear Nationalism : the Sangh Factor\u003cbr\u003eHardliners' Muscle-Flexing\u003cbr\u003eNuclearization's Horrendous Cost\u003cbr\u003eThe Domestic Fallout\u003cbr\u003ePakistan in Imitation Mode\u003cbr\u003eIslamabad's Search for Parity\u003cbr\u003eInviting Ruin\u003cbr\u003eSetback to Democratization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER SIX\u003cbr\u003eINDEFENSIBLE ARMS : THE ETHICS OF WAR AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS\u003cbr\u003eUniquely Immoral\u003cbr\u003eJust and Unjust Wars\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBox 2Toys for the Boys : How Nuclearism Works against Women\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndiscriminate Destruction\u003cbr\u003eWhy Nuclear Deterrence is 'Abhorrent'\u003cbr\u003eThe Pax Christi Bishops' Argument\u003cbr\u003eThe Gandhi-Nehru Legacy and Its Degradation\u003cbr\u003eMilitarist Nationalism in India\u003cbr\u003eThe Anomalies of Ambiguity\u003cbr\u003eGandhi's Second Assassination'\u003cbr\u003eA Distinctive Insensitivity\u003cbr\u003eCelebrating Mass Destruction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER SEVEN\u003cbr\u003eAN UNAFFORDABLE ARSENAL : THE LIKELY COSTS OF A 'CREDIBLE MINIMUM DETERRENT'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlowing up $5500 billion\u003cbr\u003eHow much will Indian Nuclear Weapons Cost : Conservative Estimates Missed Opportunities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER EIGHT\u003cbr\u003eTHE DETERRENCE DELUSION : WHY NUCLEAR WEAPONS DO NOT GENERATE SECURITY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Problem of Realism\u003cbr\u003eThe Social-Neutrality Myth\u003cbr\u003eThe Fallacies of Nuclear Deterrence\u003cbr\u003eInstability of Nuclear Deterrence\u003cbr\u003eHow Reliable : Has Deterrence Really Worked ?\u003cbr\u003eThe Myth of 'Nuclear Blackmail'\u003cbr\u003eThe India-Pakistan Face-Off\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOX 3 Ramshackle Deterrence ? :\u003cbr\u003eThere is Little that is Reliable in the Disaster-Prone Subcontinent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANNEEXE 2 Bombing Bombay : More Devastating than Hiroshima ?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER NINE\u003cbr\u003eFROM ABSTINENCE, TO AMBIGUITY, TO THE NUCLEAR BLASTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePakistan : Teased into Testing \u003cbr\u003e'We'll Eat Grass…'\u003cbr\u003eIndian : Scientists' Pernicious Role\u003cbr\u003ePakistan : Reactive Consistency\u003cbr\u003ePokharan-I : From Abstinence to Ambiguity\u003cbr\u003e'Recessed Deterrence' or Silent Arms Race ?\u003cbr\u003eThe Turning Point of 1988\u003cbr\u003eThe US-Indian-Pakistan Triangle\u003cbr\u003eThe 'Chinese Threat' : Myth or Reality ?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TEN\u003cbr\u003eCHALLENGES TO THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR ORDER : WHOSE CRISIS ? WHOSE DILEMMA ?\u003cbr\u003eThe Skewed Global Security Equations\u003cbr\u003eDangers from Altered Security Equations\u003cbr\u003eA Multi-Class Nuclear Club\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOX 4 Where Are They?: World wide Nuclear Deployments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Hardening US Posture\u003cbr\u003eThe New Nukes' Dilemmas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER ELEVEN\u003cbr\u003eTHE STRUGGLE FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS ABOLITION\u003cbr\u003eThem and Us\u003cbr\u003elessons from Our Past\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOX 5: Marxists and Nuclear Weapons : \u003cbr\u003eAmbiguity and the 'Red Bomb'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Fallacy of 'Nuclear Imperialism'\u003cbr\u003ePublic Policy and Popular Consciousness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOX 6: No Peace in the 'Land of the Buddha'?:\u003cbr\u003eDisarmament Movements in South Asia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is to be Done ?\u003cbr\u003eThree Routes\u003cbr\u003eDenuclearization of South Asia\u003cbr\u003eThe Importance of NWFZs\u003cbr\u003eCTBT and Beyond\u003cbr\u003eA No First Use Pledge\u003cbr\u003eDe-Alerting Nuclear Weapons\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDICES \u003cbr\u003e1. The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty\u003cbr\u003e    The Importance of a Test Ban\u003cbr\u003e    The Final Treaty : Strengths and Weakness\u003cbr\u003e2. Self-Serving Sanctimoniousness : Indian Criticism of the CTBT\u003cbr\u003e3. Nuclear Weapon Treaties\u003cbr\u003e4. International Resolutions : India, Pakistan at the Receiving End\u003cbr\u003eThe Neighbourhood Reacts\u003cbr\u003eThe G-8 Position\u003cbr\u003eAsean Region Forum\u003cbr\u003eThe NAM Resolution\u003cbr\u003eSecurity council Resolution 1172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Praful Bidwai \/ Oxford University Press \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153550242160,"sku":"3239","price":37.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/2952.jpg?v=1793911044","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/south-asia-on-a-short-fuse","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}