Todd S. Sechser (University of Virginia), Matthew Fuhrmann (Texas A & M University)

Nuclear Weapons and Coercive Diplomacy

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Produktbeschreibung

Can nuclear weapons be used to blackmail other countries? The prevailing wisdom is that nuclear weapons are useful for coercion in world politics, but this book shows that this view is misguided. Nuclear weapons are useful mainly for deterrence and self-defense, not for coercion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781107514515
• ISBN-10: 1107514517
• Artikelnr.: 45155261

Autorenporträt

Todd S. Sechser is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, where he is an expert on international security issues.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Logic of Nuclear Skepticism: 1. Nuclear blackmail in international politics
2. Nuclear coercion and nuclear skepticism
Part II. Trends: 3. Standoffs: nuclear weapons in crisis bargaining
4. Stalemates: territorial disputes and nuclear politics
Part III. Cases: 5. Brinkmanship busts: when nuclear coercion fails
6. Think again: reassessing nuclear victories
Part IV. Conclusions: 7. Nuclear coercion in myth and reality.