The Nuclear Taboo : the United States and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons Since 1945.
An examination of why the United States has not used nuclear weapons since 1945.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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Colección: | Cambridge studies in international relations.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: the tradition of nuclear non-use; 2 Explaining non-use; 3 Hiroshima and the origins of the nuclear taboo; 4 The Korean War: the emerging taboo; 5 The rise of the nuclear taboo, 1953-1960; 6 Nuclear weapons and the Vietnam. War; 7 Institutionalizing the taboo, 1960-1989; 8 The 1991 Gulf War; 9 The taboo in the post-Cold War world; 10 Conclusion: the prospects for the nuclear taboo; Select bibliography; Index.