TY - BOOK AU - Davis, Zachary S. TI - The India-Pakistan military standoff: crisis and escalation in South Asia SN - 9780230109384 (hardback) U1 - 954.053 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Nuclear Weapons KW - India KW - Pakistan KW - Foreign Relations KW - Politics and Government N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I; The Historical and Political Background of the Crisis; 1; The roots of crisis: post-Kargil conflict in Kashmir and the 2001-2002 near-war; Praveen Swami; 2; Understanding the political-military context of the 2002 military standoff: a Pakistani perspective; Zafar Jaspal --; Part II; The Conventional Military Environment; 3; Military dimension of the 2002 India-Pakistan standoff: planning and preparation for land operations; Gurmeet Kanwal --; Part III; Managing the Nuclear Environment; 4; What was done to achieve strategic stability during the Cold War? Lessons South Asia?; Michael O. Wheeler; 5; Pakistan's nuclear force posture and the 2001-2002 military standoff; Feroz Hassan Khan --; Part IV; Outside Actors and Crisis Resolution: The United States' Role; 6; U.S. crisis management in South Asia'ss Twin Peaks Crisis; Polly Nayak and Michael Krepon; 7; The 2001-2002 crisis: a real-time view from Islamabad; David Smith --; Part V; Avoiding Future Crises; 8; Arms control, confidence building and nuclear risk reduction: a Pakistani perspective; Naeem Ahmad Salik --; Conclusion: lessons learned and unlearned; Zachary S. Davis ER -