Nuclear Reactions How Nuclear-Armed States Behave

Mark Bell argues that nuclear weapons are useful for more than just deterrence. Instead, they are leveraged to pursue a wide range of goals in international politics, and the nations that acquire them significantly change their foreign policies as a result. Bell closely examines how these effects va...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bell, Mark S., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press [2021]
Colección:Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction How Do New Nuclear States Behave?
  • Chapter 1 Nuclear Opportunism How States Use Nuclear Weapons in International Politics
  • Chapter 2 Independence and Status The British Nuclear Experience
  • Chapter 3 Apartheid and Aggression South Africa, Angola, and the Bomb
  • Chapter 4 The Foundations of a New World Order The United States and the Start of the Nuclear Era
  • Chapter 5 Past and Future Proliferators
  • Conclusion Nuclear Revolution or Nuclear Revolutions?
  • Notes
  • Index