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Tempting fate : why nonnuclear states confront nuclear opponents / Paul C. Avey.
LIBRA U163 .A983 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Avey, Paul C., author.
- Series:
- Cornell studies in security affairs
- Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asymmetric warfare--Case studies.
- Asymmetric warfare.
- Nuclear weapons--Government policy--Case studies.
- Nuclear weapons.
- No first use (Nuclear strategy)--Case studies.
- No first use (Nuclear strategy).
- Security, International--Case studies.
- Security, International.
- Nuclear weapons--Government policy.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 238 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Weak nonnuclear armed states have a number of strategies to win limited victories against nuclear armed opponents"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The strategic logic of nuclear monopoly
- Iraq versus the United States
- Egypt versus Israel
- China versus the United States
- Soviet Union versus the United States.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Avey, Paul C. Tempting fate.
- ISBN:
- 9781501740381
- 1501740385
- OCLC:
- 1099540006
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