03032oam 2200781 a 450 991096533000332120200520144314.0979840064230297866103156119781280315619128031561X978031304671103130467199781567509410156750941X10.5040/9798400642302(CKB)1000000000002243(EBL)269088(OCoLC)75649132(SSID)ssj0000141079(PQKBManifestationID)11157824(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000141079(PQKBWorkID)10056437(PQKB)10338261(Au-PeEL)EBL269088(CaPaEBR)ebr10017911(OCoLC)744956962(MiAaPQ)EBC269088(OCoLC)41712112(DLC)BP9798400642302BC(Perlego)4203588(EXLCZ)99100000000000224319990621e20002024 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDouble-edged sword nuclear diplomacy in unequal conflicts : the United States and China, 1950-1958 /Appu K. Soman1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Praeger,2000.London :Bloomsbury Publishing,20241 online resource (271 p.)Praeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought,1076-1543Description based upon print version of record.9780275966232 0275966232 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 Kuttan1951-1795073DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910965330003321Double-edged sword4336114UNINA