Introduction : inside nuclear South Asia / Scott D. Sagan
The BJP and the bomb / Kanti Bajpai
Testing theories of proliferation in South Asia / Karthika Sasikumar and Christopher Way
Contra-proliferation : the Indian bomb and nuclear developmentalism / Itty Abraham
Pride, prejudice, and Prithvis : strategic weapons behavior in South Asia / Vipin Narang
Revisionist ambitions, conventional capabilities, and nuclear instability : why nuclear South Asia is not like Cold War Europe / S. Paul Kapur
The evolution of Pakistani and Indian nuclear doctrines / Scott D. Sagan

"Nuclear-armed adversaries India and Pakistan have fought three wars since their creation as sovereign states in 1947. They went to the brink of a fourth in 2001 following an attack on the Indian parliament, which the Indian government blamed on the Pakistan-backed Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist organizations. Despite some attempts at rapprochement in the intervening years, a new standoff between the two countries was precipitated when India accused Lashkar-e-Taiba of being behind the Mumbai attacks late last year. The relentlessness of the confrontations between these two nations makes Inside Nuclear South Asia a must read for anyone wishing to gain a thorough understanding of the spread of nuclear weapons in South Asia and the potential consequences of nuclear proliferation on the subcontinent"