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010 _a 2014002646
020 _a9781138778795 (hardback)
020 _z9781315771649 (ebook)
040 _aICU/DLC
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100 1 _aKhan, Zafar,
_d1977-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aPakistan's Nuclear Policy :
_ba minimum credible deterrence /
_cZafar Khan.
264 1 _aLondon ;
_aNew York :
_bRoutledge/Taylor & Francis Group,
_c2015.
300 _axix, 178 pages ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aRoutledge contemporary South Asia series ;
_v84
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 144-172) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: the making of Pakistan's post-1998 nuclear policy -- Historical analysis of Pakistan's nuclear development program -- Pakistan's rationale of minimum deterrence: why the minimum? -- Pakistan's policy of minimum credible deterrence: why minimum is not the minimum -- Pakistan's nuclear force building -- Pakistan's doctrine of nuclear first use -- Pakistan's policy of arms control and disarmament: a call for arms control regime in South Asia -- Conclusion: a call for an actual minimum.
650 0 _aNuclear weapons
_zPakistan.
650 0 _aNuclear weapons
_xGovernment policy
_zPakistan.
650 0 _aDeterrence (Strategy)
650 0 _aNuclear arms control
_zSouth Asia.
830 0 _aRoutledge contemporary South Asia series ;
_v84.
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