Limited conflicts under the nuclear umbrella : Indian and Pakistani lessons from the Kargil crisis /

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Author / Creator:Tellis, Ashley J., author.
Imprint:Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand, 2001.
Description:1 online resource (xv, 91 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11116801
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Other authors / contributors:Fair, C. Christine, author.
Medby, Jamison Jo, author.
Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division.
ISBN:0833032291
9780833032294
9780833031013
0833031015
Notes:"National Security Research Division."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-91).
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Summary:This report examines the views of India and Pakistan on the significance of Pakistan's foray into the Kargil-Dras sector in a limited war that has come to be known as the "Kargil conflict." The goal of the analysis is to assess both combatants' perceptions of the crisis, with a view to evaluating the possibilities of future Kargil-like events and the implications of the lessons each country learned for stability in South Asia. The analysis is based almost exclusively on Indian and Pakistani source materials. The Kargil crisis demonstrated that even the presence of nuclear weapons might not appreciably dampen security competition between the region's largest states. However, the question remains of whether or not the Kargil war represents a foretaste of future episodes of attempted nuclear coercion if India and Pakistan believe that their nuclear capabilities provide them the immunity required to prosecute a range of military operations short of all-out war.
Other form:Print version: Tellis, Ashley J. Limited conflicts under the nuclear umbrella. Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand, 2001 0833031015