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Fearful Symmetry: India-pakistan Crises in the Shadow of Nuclear Weapons | 
 enlarge | Authors: Sumit Ganguly, Devin T. Hagerty
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 961139
Media: Paperback
Pages: 223
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.6
ISBN: 0295986352
Dewey Decimal Number: 327.540549109045
EAN: 9780295986357
ASIN: 0295986352
Publication Date: August 30, 2006
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Condition: As new paperback book in excellent condition, Uncracked spine. Crisp, clean, unmarked pages.. Book was only used once as a conference display copy at an academic book exhibit.
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Questioning why India and Pakistan have not fought another major war, this book gives a crisp answer: nuclear weapons.
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The Leaders Hide is On The Line September 25, 2005
John Matlock (Winnemucca, NV)
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Countries sometimes to act like rival highschool teams. And the more similar the schools (or countries) the stronger the rivalry. In schools they play football. With countries they go to war.
But all of a sudden this doean't work any more. The Cold War never turned very hot. I've often wondered if this was because of nuclear weapons. For once, the old men can't sit around and send young people off to do the fighting. The old men, sitting in their capital building are just as much on the front line as the Grunt carrying a rifle. The longest stretch of time since the Roman era passed with the largest powers going to war.
In this book, the authors describe a similar situation that seems to exist between India and Pakistan. After fighting several smaller wars, both countries obtained atomic weapons. Now they have avoided a war. Did the leaders suddenly realize that their own personal hide was on the line?
Do you think that Osama would think differently if he was convinced that continued bombings might cause a mushroom cloud to grow over Mecca?
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