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Soman Appu Kuttan <1951-> |
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Titolo |
Double-edged sword [[electronic resource] ] : nuclear diplomacy in unequal conflicts : the United States and China, 1950-1958 / / Appu K. Soman |
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Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-31561-X |
9786610315611 |
0-313-04671-9 |
1-56750-941-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (271 p.) |
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Collana |
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Praeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought, , 1076-1543 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nuclear weapons - United States |
Nuclear weapons - China |
United States Foreign relations China |
China Foreign relations United States |
United States Foreign relations 1945-1989 |
China Foreign relations 1949-1976 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-249) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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