Nuclear Weapons and Coercive Diplomacy

Informationen zum Autor Todd S. Sechser is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, where he is an expert on international security issues. Matthew Fuhrmann is Associate Professor of Political Science and Ray A. Rothrock '77 Fellow at Texas A & M University. Klappentext Are nuclear weapons useful for coercive diplomacy? This book argues that they are useful for deterrence but not for offensive purposes. Zusammenfassung Can nuclear weapons be used to blackmail other countries? The prevailing wisdom is that nuclear weapons are useful for coercion in world politics! but this book shows that this view is misguided. Nuclear weapons are useful mainly for deterrence and self-defense! not for coercion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. The Logic of Nuclear Skepticism: 1. Nuclear blackmail in international politics; 2. Nuclear coercion and nuclear skepticism; Part II. Trends: 3. Standoffs: nuclear weapons in crisis bargaining; 4. Stalemates: territorial disputes and nuclear politics; Part III. Cases: 5. Brinkmanship busts: when nuclear coercion fails; 6. Think again: reassessing nuclear victories; Part IV. Conclusions: 7. Nuclear coercion in myth and reality.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Fuhrmann, Todd S. Sechser, Todd S. (University of Virginia) Fuhrmann Sechser, Todd S. Fuhrmann Sechser, Sechser Todd S.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.02.2017
• EAN: 9781107106949
• ISBN: 978-1-107-10694-9
• No. of pages: 343
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare, Diplomacy, Nuclear weapons