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How Dangerous Was Kargil? Nuclear Crises in Comparative Perspective.
- Source :
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Washington Quarterly . Jun2019, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p135-148. 14p. 1 Chart. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The article focuses on issues regarding Kargil War 1999 between India and Pakistan and conflict in the spring of 2019 in response to a deadly attack on Indian military forces by the Pakistan-backed terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed. Topics discussed include lessons and implications for future India-Pakistan relations and Kashmir's liberation a central foreign policy objective, Indian airpower had been used against Pakistani forces since the 1971 war and disparity in the size of nuclear forces between two crisis participants. It mentions inadvertent use of nuclear weapons.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0163660X
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Washington Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137236079
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0163660X.2019.1626691