Todd S. Sechser, Matthew Fuhrmann

Nuclear Weapons and Coercive Diplomacy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Are nuclear weapons useful for coercive diplomacy? This book argues that they are useful for deterrence but not for offensive purposes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 655g
• ISBN-13: 9781107106949
• ISBN-10: 110710694X
• Artikelnr.: 45155509

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.