Perception, Politics and Security in South Asia: The Compound Crisis of 1990

by P R Chari, Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, Stephen P. Cohen

This book provides a detailed examination of the compound crisis between India and Pakistan that brought the region to the brink of a nuclear war in 1990. Placing the crisis in the context of concurrent international events such as the fall of the Soviet Union, the authors draw out the lesson for present-day South Asian affairs. The book also makes a significant contribution to the debates on the role of nuclear weapons, confidence and security building strategies and the place of ethnicity in contemporary international relations.

184 pages, Hardcover

First published March 20, 2003