The Roots of Rhetoric: Politics of Nuclear Weapons in India and Pakistan - Hardcover

Haider Nizamani

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0275968774 ISBN 13: 9780275968779

Publisher: Praeger (UK), 2000

Synopsis

In an unanticipated flurry of atomic weapons testing—a total of 10 tests over 20 days in 1998—India and Pakistan announced to the world their emergence as full-fledged nuclear powers. How, Nizamani asks, did nuclear escalation come to dominate the agendas of both nations? In a comparative analysis, Nizamani reveals the political underpinnings of nuclear weapons development, arguing that Indian and Pakistani nuclearization is linked to processes of national formation.

Working within the Critical Security Studies framework, Nizamani traces the development of nuclear discourses in India and Pakistan from early nationhood to the present. Nizamani defers conclusive identification of real or objective national threats, and instead examines the historical specificities and internal tensions of the dominant Indian and Pakistani security discourses. Additionally, Nizamani provides an overview of anti-nuclear dissent in South Asia.

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About the Author

HAIDER K. NIZAMANI is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies./e

Edition details

• Publisher: Praeger (UK)
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0275968774
• ISBN 13: 9780275968779
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176