Baltische Geschichte : die Ostseelande : Livland, Estland, Kurland 1180-1918 / Grundzüge und Durchblicke von Reinhard Wittram ; mit 7 karten nebst Erläuterung von Heinrich Laakmann

• Record Nr.: UNINA990005733440403321
• Autore: Wittram, Reinhard
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: München : Oldenbourg, 1954
• Descrizione fisica: 323 p., 7 carte geogr. : ill. ; 25 cm
• Disciplina: 947.9
• Locazione: FLFBC
• Collocazione: 947.9 WIT 1
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Tedesco
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Double-edged sword [[electronic resource] ] : nuclear diplomacy in unequal conflicts : the United States and China, 1950-1958 / / Appu K. Soman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450135803321
• Autore: Soman Appu Kuttan <1951->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2000
• ISBN: 1-280-31561-X; 9786610315611; 0-313-04671-9; 1-56750-941-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 p.)
• Collana: Praeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought, , 1076-1543
• Disciplina: 355.02/17/0973
• Soggetti: Nuclear weapons - United States; Nuclear weapons - China; Electronic books.; United States Foreign relations China; China Foreign relations United States; United States Foreign relations 1945-1989; China Foreign relations 1949-1976
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-249) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Setting the Stage; 3 The Limits of Nuclear Coercion: Nuclear Diplomacy in the Korean War; 4 A ''Rash and Quixotic Policy'': The Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1954 1955; 5 ''Who's Daddy'' in the Taiwan Strait? The Offshore Islands Crisis of 1958; 6 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This work explores the efficacy of nuclear diplomacy and the consequences of American nuclear-brinkmanship, via a study of the political and diplomatic role of America's nuclear capabilities in conflicts with a non-nuclear China during the Korean War and the Taiwan Strait Crises.