Double-edged sword : nuclear diplomacy in unequal conflicts : the United States and China, 1950-1958 / / Appu K. Soman
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| Autore: |
Soman Appu Kuttan <1951->
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| Titolo: |
Double-edged sword : nuclear diplomacy in unequal conflicts : the United States and China, 1950-1958 / / Appu K. Soman
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| Pubblicazione: | Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2000 |
| London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 355.02/17/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Nuclear weapons - United States |
| Nuclear weapons - China | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations China |
| China Foreign relations United States | |
| United States Foreign relations 1945-1989 | |
| China Foreign relations 1949-1976 | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-249) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Double-edged sword |
| ISBN: | 979-84-00-64230-2 |
| 1-280-31561-X | |
| 9786610315611 | |
| 0-313-04671-9 | |
| 1-56750-941-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910816028503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Praeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought.