LEADER 02738nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910450135803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-31561-X 010 $a9786610315611 010 $a0-313-04671-9 010 $a1-56750-941-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000002243 035 $a(EBL)269088 035 $a(OCoLC)75649132 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000141079 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11157824 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000141079 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10056437 035 $a(PQKB)10338261 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC269088 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL269088 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10017911 035 $a(OCoLC)744956962 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000002243 100 $a19990621d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDouble-edged sword$b[electronic resource] $enuclear diplomacy in unequal conflicts : the United States and China, 1950-1958 /$fAppu K. Soman 210 $aWestport, Conn. $cPraeger$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (271 p.) 225 1 $aPraeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought,$x1076-1543 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-275-96623-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [237]-249) and index. 327 $aPreliminaries; 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 330 $aThis work explores the efficacy of nuclear diplomacy and the consequences of American nuclear-brinkmanship, via a study of the political and diplomatic role of America's nuclear capabilities in conflicts with a non-nuclear China during the Korean War and the Taiwan Strait Crises. 410 0$aPraeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought. 606 $aNuclear weapons$zUnited States 606 $aNuclear weapons$zChina 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zChina 607 $aChina$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1945-1989 607 $aChina$xForeign relations$y1949-1976 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNuclear weapons 615 0$aNuclear weapons 676 $a355.02/17/0973 700 $aSoman$b Appu Kuttan$f1951-$0948852 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450135803321 996 $aDouble-edged sword$92144876 997 $aUNINA