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Author Soman, Appu Kuttan, 1951-

Title Double-edged sword : nuclear diplomacy in unequal conflicts : the United States and China, 1950-1958 / Appu K. Soman
Published Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 258 pages)
Series Praeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought, 1076-1543
Praeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought. 1076-1543
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-249) and index
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Subject Nuclear weapons -- United States.
Nuclear weapons -- China
HISTORY -- Military -- Nuclear Warfare.
Diplomatic relations
Nuclear weapons
Atomstrategie
Außenpolitik
Buitenlandse betrekkingen.
Kernwapenpolitiek.
Electronic books.
SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- China
China -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140098
China -- Foreign relations -- 1949-1976. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024029
Subject China
United States
China
USA
Form Electronic book
LC no. 99027719
ISBN 0313046719
9780313046711
9786610315611
6610315612