LEADER 03032oam 2200781 a 450 001 9910965330003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9798400642302 010 $a9786610315611 010 $a9781280315619 010 $a128031561X 010 $a9780313046711 010 $a0313046719 010 $a9781567509410 010 $a156750941X 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400642302 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(Au-PeEL)EBL269088 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10017911 035 $a(OCoLC)744956962 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC269088 035 $a(OCoLC)41712112 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400642302BC 035 $a(Perlego)4203588 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000002243 100 $a19990621e20002024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDouble-edged sword $enuclear diplomacy in unequal conflicts : the United States and China, 1950-1958 /$fAppu K. Soman 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cPraeger,$d2000. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (271 p.) 225 1 $aPraeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought,$x1076-1543 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780275966232 311 08$a0275966232 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$y1949-1976 615 0$aNuclear weapons 615 0$aNuclear weapons 676 $a355.02/17/0973 700 $aSoman$b Appu Kuttan$f1951-$01795073 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910965330003321 996 $aDouble-edged sword$94336114 997 $aUNINA