04389nam 2200697 450 991045385020332120200520144314.01-4008-5040-110.1515/9781400850402(CKB)2550000001276254(EBL)1603118(OCoLC)877983249(SSID)ssj0001194361(PQKBManifestationID)11627558(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001194361(PQKBWorkID)11154559(PQKB)10489981(MiAaPQ)EBC1603118(StDuBDS)EDZ0001059567(MdBmJHUP)muse43437(DE-B1597)453989(OCoLC)984688464(DE-B1597)9781400850402(EXLCZ)99255000000127625420140530h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrNuclear strategy in the modern era regional powers and international conflict /Vipin NarangCourse BookPrinceton, New Jersey :Princeton University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (357 p.)Princeton Studies in International History and PoliticsDescription based upon print version of record.0-691-15982-3 0-691-15983-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --List of Figures and Tables --Acknowledgments --Chapter One. Introduction --Chapter Two. The Sources of Regional Power Nuclear Postures: Posture Optimization Theory --Chapter Three. Pakistan --Chapter Four. India --Chapter Five. China --Chapter Six. France --Chapter Seven. Israel --Chapter Eight. South Africa --Chapter Nine. Deterring Unequally I: A Large-n Analysis --Chapter Ten. Deterring Unequally II: Regional Power Nuclear Postures and Crisis Behavior --Chapter Eleven: Conclusion --Bibliography --IndexThe world is in a second nuclear age in which regional powers play an increasingly prominent role. These states have small nuclear arsenals, often face multiple active conflicts, and sometimes have weak institutions. How do these nuclear states-and potential future ones-manage their nuclear forces and influence international conflict? Examining the reasoning and deterrence consequences of regional power nuclear strategies, this book demonstrates that these strategies matter greatly to international stability and it provides new insights into conflict dynamics across important areas of the world such as the Middle East, East Asia, and South Asia. Vipin Narang identifies the diversity of regional power nuclear strategies and describes in detail the posture each regional power has adopted over time. Developing a theory for the sources of regional power nuclear strategies, he offers the first systematic explanation of why states choose the postures they do and under what conditions they might shift strategies. Narang then analyzes the effects of these choices on a state's ability to deter conflict. Using both quantitative and qualitative analysis, he shows that, contrary to a bedrock article of faith in the canon of nuclear deterrence, the acquisition of nuclear weapons does not produce a uniform deterrent effect against opponents. Rather, some postures deter conflict more successfully than others. Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era considers the range of nuclear choices made by regional powers and the critical challenges they pose to modern international security.Princeton studies in international history and politics.Nuclear weaponsGovernment policyCase studiesNuclear warfareGovernment policyCase studiesDeterrence (Strategy)Case studiesSecurity, InternationalCase studiesElectronic books.Nuclear weaponsGovernment policyNuclear warfareGovernment policyDeterrence (Strategy)Security, International355.02/17Narang Vipin1041041MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453850203321Nuclear strategy in the modern era2464314UNINA