Screen LibraryNuclear strategy in the modern era : regional powers and international conflict /
"The world is in a second nuclear age in which regional powers play an increasingly prominent role. These states have small nuclear arsenals, often face multiple active conflicts, and sometimes have weak institutions. How do these nuclear states--and potential future ones--manage their nuclear...
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton studies in international history and politics
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| Summary: |
"The world is in a second nuclear age in which regional powers play an increasingly prominent role. These states have small nuclear arsenals, often face multiple active conflicts, and sometimes have weak institutions. How do these nuclear states--and potential future ones--manage their nuclear forces and influence international conflict? Examining the reasoning and deterrence consequences of regional power nuclear strategies, this book demonstrates that these strategies matter greatly to international stability and it provides new insights into conflict dynamics across important areas of the |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 341 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-331) and index. |
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9780691159836 (paperback) : 0691159831 (paperback) 9780691159829 (hardcover) 0691159823 (hardcover) |
| Index Number: | U264 |
| CLC: | D815.2 |
| Call Number: | D815.2/N218 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Sources of Regional Power Nuclear Postures : Optimization Theory -- Pakistan -- India -- China -- France -- Israel -- South Africa -- Deterring Unequally I: A Large-n Analysis -- Deterring Unequally II: Crises -- Conclusion. |