India's evolving deterrent force posturing in South Asia : temptation for pre-emptive strikes, power projection, and escalation dominance /: temptation for pre-emptive strikes, power projection, and escalation dominance. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Zulfqar Khan, Zafar Khan.
• Authors: Khan, Zulfqar; Khan, Zafar, 1977-
• Contents: Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Geostrategic Environment of South Asian Region.- Chapter 3 India's Maritime Strategic Outreach in the Indian Ocean Region: Power Projection and Escalation Dominance.- Chapter 4 India's Doctrinal Restructuring: Posturing for Punitive Counterforce Strategy.- Chapter 5 India's Evolving Strategy for Ballistic Missile Development Programme for Southern Asia: Motivations and Challenges.- Chapter 6 Conceptualizing India-Pakistan's Competing War-Fighting Strategies and Possibility of Conflict in South Asia.- Chapter 7 India's Evolving Deterrent Posturing: Post Pulwama Military Crisis 2019.- Chapter 8 Revisiting the Proposed Strategic Restraint Regime for South Asian Region: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustaining Peace and Stability.- Chapter 9 Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 355.02170954; Deterrence (Strategy); Nuclear weapons -- India; India -- Foreign relations -- South Asia; South Asia -- Foreign relations -- India; India -- Military policy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811569616
• Related ISBNs: 9789811569609
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