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Nuclear Weapons and Coercive Diplomacy

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Availability:In StockContributor:Todd S. Sechser, Matthew FuhrmannPublish date:2017-01-16Pages:344
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781107514515ISBN-10:1107514517UPC:9781107514515Book Category:Political Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:International Relations, Military, History & TheoryBook Topic:Diplomacy, Nuclear WarfareSize:9.20 x 6.47 x 0.82 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCTHA967A0
Are nuclear weapons useful for coercive diplomacy? Since 1945, most strategic thinking about nuclear weapons has focused on deterrence - using nuclear threats to prevent attacks against the nation's territory and interests. But an often overlooked question is whether nuclear threats can also coerce adversaries to relinquish possessions or change their behavior. Can nuclear weapons be used to blackmail other countries? The prevailing wisdom is that nuclear weapons are useful for coercion, but this book shows that this view is badly misguided. Nuclear weapons are useful mainly for deterrence and self-defense, not for coercion. The authors evaluate the role of nuclear weapons in several foreign policy contexts and present a trove of new quantitative and historical evidence that nuclear weapons do not help countries achieve better results in coercive diplomacy. The evidence is clear: the benefits of possessing nuclear weapons are almost exclusively defensive, not offensive.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781107514515ISBN-10:1107514517UPC:9781107514515Book Category:Political Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:International Relations, Military, History & TheoryBook Topic:Diplomacy, Nuclear WarfareSize:9.20 x 6.47 x 0.82 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCTHA967A0
Sechser, Todd S.: - Todd S. Sechser is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, where he is an expert on international security issues.Fuhrmann, Matthew: - Matthew Fuhrmann is Associate Professor of Political Science and Ray A. Rothrock '77 Fellow at Texas A & M University.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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