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THE LONG SHADOW
— Nuclear Weapons and Security in 21st Century Asia: Edited by Muthiah Alagappa; Oxford University Press, YMCA Library Building, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi-110002. Rs. 995.
It is almost 65 years since the mushroom cloud rose over Hiroshima in August 1945 and ever since, the apocalyptic nuclear weapon that paradoxically kept the ‘uneasy peace’ in the Cold War continues to cast a very long shadow. In the context of the post-9/11 turbulence, it is pertinent that much of the regional instability engulfing large parts of Asia has a linkage with the nuclear weapon — either factual or illusory — and Iraq is an abiding instan ce of the United States’ certitude proving to be a catastrophic policy blunder.
It is almost 65 years since the mushroom cloud rose over Hiroshima in August 1945 and ever since, the apocalyptic nuclear weapon that paradoxically kept the ‘uneasy peace’ in the Cold War continues to cast a very long shadow. In the context of the post-9/11 turbulence, it is pertinent that much of the regional instability engulfing large parts of Asia has a linkage with the nuclear weapon — either factual or illusory — and Iraq is an abiding instan ce of the United States’ certitude proving to be a catastrophic policy blunder.
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