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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777330503321

Autore

Soman Appu Kuttan <1951->

Titolo

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

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

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.