Tempting Fate (eBook)

Why Nonnuclear States Confront Nuclear Opponents

Paul C. Avey (Autor)

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2019
252 Seiten
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-4040-4 (ISBN)

Infos

In this superb unpacking of the dynamics of conflict under conditions of nuclear monopoly, Paul C. Avey argues that the costs and benefits of using nuclear weapons create openings that weak nonnuclear actors can exploit.

Tempting Fate uses four case studies to show the key strategies available to nonnuclear states: Iraqi decision-making under Saddam Hussein in confrontations with the United States; Egyptian leaders' thinking about the Israeli nuclear arsenal during wars in 1969–70 and 1973; Chinese confrontations with the United States in 1950, 1954, and 1958; and a dispute that never escalated to war, the Soviet-United States tensions between 1946 and 1948 that culminated in the Berlin Blockade. Those strategies include limiting the scope of the conflict, holding chemical and biological weapons in reserve, seeking outside support, and leveraging international non-use norms. Avey demonstrates clearly that nuclear weapons cast a definite but limited shadow, and while the world continues to face various nuclear challenges, understanding conflict in nuclear monopoly will remain a pressing concern for analysts and policymakers.

Autor

lt;P>Paul C. Avey is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech.

Inhalt

Introduction
1. The Strategic Logic of Nuclear Monopoly
2. Iraq versus the United States
3. Egypt versus Israel
4. China versus the United States
5. The Soviet Union versus the United States
Conclusion

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• Reihe/Serie: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• Reihe/Serie: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• Zusatzinfo: 17 charts
• Verlagsort: Ithaca
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: nuclear weapons, asymmetric conflict, limited war, Soviet Union, China, Egypt, Iraq • nuclear weapons, asymmetric conflict, limited war, Soviet Union, China, Egypt, Iraq, strategy, coercion, international relations
• ISBN-10: 1-5017-4040-7 / 1501740407
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5017-4040-4 / 9781501740404