The Roots of Rhetoric: Politics of Nuclear Weapons in India and Pakistan

by Haider K. Nizamani

In an unanticipated flurry of atomic weapons testing--a total of 10 tests over 20 days in 1998--India and Pakistan announced to the world their emergence as full-fledged nuclear powers. How, Nizamani asks, did nuclear escalation come to dominate the agendas of both nations? In a comparative analysis, Nizamani reveals the political underpinnings of nuclear weapons development, arguing that Indian and Pakistani nuclearization is linked to processes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275968774
• ISBN13: 9780275968779
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"