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Record Nr.

UNINA9910315230203321

Autore

Lanoszka Alexander

Titolo

Atomic Assurance : The Alliance Politics of Nuclear Proliferation / / Alexander Lanoszka

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cornell University Press, 2018

Ithaca [New York] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-5017-2919-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Cornell studies in security affairs

Disciplina

327.1/747

Soggetti

Nuclear nonproliferation - Government policy - United States

Nuclear arms control - Government policy - United States

Nuclear arms control - International cooperation

Nuclear nonproliferation - International cooperation

United States Foreign relations 1945-1989 Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

How alliances (mis)manage nuclear proliferation -- American security guarantees during the Cold War, 1949-1980 -- West Germany, 1954-1970 -- Japan, 1952-1980 -- South Korea, 1968-1980 -- Nuclear proliferation and other American alliances.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book looks at what makes alliances so credible as to prevent nuclear proliferation, how alliances can break down and encourage nuclear proliferation, and whether security guarantors like the United States can use their alliance ties to end the nuclear efforts of their allies"--