02705nam 2200649 a 450 991077733050332120230422042926.01-280-31561-X97866103156110-313-04671-91-56750-941-X(CKB)1000000000002243(EBL)269088(OCoLC)75649132(SSID)ssj0000141079(PQKBManifestationID)11157824(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000141079(PQKBWorkID)10056437(PQKB)10338261(MiAaPQ)EBC269088(Au-PeEL)EBL269088(CaPaEBR)ebr10017911(OCoLC)744956962(EXLCZ)99100000000000224319990621d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDouble-edged sword[electronic resource] nuclear diplomacy in unequal conflicts : the United States and China, 1950-1958 /Appu K. SomanWestport, Conn. Praeger20001 online resource (271 p.)Praeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought,1076-1543Description based upon print version of record.0-275-96623-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-249) and index.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; IndexThis 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.Praeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought.Nuclear weaponsUnited StatesNuclear weaponsChinaUnited StatesForeign relationsChinaChinaForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relations1945-1989ChinaForeign relations1949-1976Nuclear weaponsNuclear weapons355.02/17/0973Soman Appu Kuttan1951-1510248MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777330503321Double-edged sword3742755UNINA