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How Dangerous Was Kargil? Nuclear Crises in Comparative Perspective.

Authors :
Bell, Mark S.
Macdonald, Julia
Source :
Washington Quarterly. Jun2019, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p135-148. 14p. 1 Chart.
Publication Year :
2019

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