Tempting Fate : : Why Nonnuclear States Confront Nuclear Opponents /

Tempting Fate : : Why Nonnuclear States Confront Nuclear Opponents / / Paul C. Avey.

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Unpacking of the dynamics of conflict under conditions of nuclear monopoly, Paul C. Avey argues in Tempting Fate that the costs and benefits of using nuclear weapons create openings that weak nonnuclear actors can exploit. Avey uses four case studies to show the key strategies available to nonnuclea...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Virginia Tech as part of the TOME initiative
VerfasserIn:
Avey, Paul C.,
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Virginia Tech as part of the TOME initiative
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
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Physical Description:1 online resource (252 p.) :; 17 charts
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Strategic Logic of Nuclear Monopoly
  • 2. Iraq versus the United States
  • 3. Egypt versus Israel
  • 4. China versus the United States
  • 5. The Soviet Union versus the United States
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Counting Wars in Nuclear Monopoly
  • Appendix B: Additional Cases
  • Notes
  • Index

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