Double-edged sword : nuclear diplomacy in unequal conflicts : the United States and China, 1950-1958 / Appu K. Soman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soman, Appu Kuttan, 1951-

Series:

Praeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought 1076-1543

Praeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought, 1076-1543

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons--United States.

Nuclear weapons.

United States.

Nuclear weapons--China.

China.

United States--Foreign relations--China.

International relations.

China--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

China--Foreign relations--1949-1976.

Physical Description:

xii, 258 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000.

Summary:

Explores the efficacy of nuclear diplomacy, the consequences of American nuclear brinkmanship, and the implications of the recent revival of nuclear diplomacy by the Clinton administration in conflicts with non-nuclear adversaries.

Contents:

2. Setting the Stage 15

3. The Limits of Nuclear Coercion: Nuclear Diplomacy in the Korean War 57

4. A "Rash and Quixotic Policy": The Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1954-1955 115

5. "Who's Daddy" in the Taiwan Strait? The Offshore Islands Crisis of 1958 165.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-249) and index.

ISBN:

0275966232

OCLC:

41712112