Double-Edged Sword : Nuclear Diplomacy in Unequal Conflicts: The United States and China, 1950-1958.

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Greenwood Publishing Group 2000.
Temas:
1945-1989
Nuclear weapons > United States.
Nuclear weapons > China.
Armes nucléaires > Chine.
Diplomatic relations.
Nuclear weapons.
United States > Foreign relations > China.
China > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
China > Foreign relations > 1949-1976.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Chine.
Chine > Relations extérieures > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1945-1989.
Chine > Relations extérieures > 1949-1976.
China.
United States.
Electronic resource.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Recent Titles in Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought
  • DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • NOTE
  • Abbreviations
  • CHAPTER 1 Introduction
  • NOTES
  • CHAPTER 2 Setting the Stage
  • ORIGINS OF NUCLEAR RELIANCE
  • DOMESTIC POLITICS AND US CHINA POLICY
  • THE IMPACT OF THE KOREAN WAR
  • AMERICAN NUCLEAR CAPABILITY
  • THE NEW LOOK
  • THE NEW LOOK IN PRACTICE
  • THE ORIGINS OF FLEXIBLE RESPONSE
  • NOTES
  • CHAPTER 3 The Limits of Nuclear Coercion: Nuclear Diplomacy in the Korean War
  • DECISION TO INTERVENE
  • NUCLEAR BOMBER MOVEMENTS: PHASE ONE
  • BATTLEFIELD USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
  • CHINESE DECISION TO INTERVENE
  • THE US RESPONSE TO CHINESE INTERVENTION
  • NUCLEAR BOMBER MOVEMENTS: PHASE TWO
  • RENEWED CONSIDERATION OF BATTLEFIELD USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
  • DOMESTIC CALLS FOR USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
  • CHINESE RESPONSE TO AMERICAN NUCLEAR DIPLOMACY
  • THE FAILURE OF NUCLEAR COERCION
  • DOING SOMETHING OR OTHER
  • THE BREAKTHROUGH
  • CHINESE PREPARATION TO FACE EISENHOWER
  • NUCLEAR DIPLOMACY IN THE KOREAN WAR
  • NOTES
  • CHAPTER 4 A "Rash and Quixotic Policy": The Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1954-1955
  • UNLEASHING CHIANG
  • PRELUDE TO THE CRISIS
  • THE CRISIS BEGINS
  • RENEWED CRISIS
  • THE FORMOSA RESOLUTION
  • FAILURE OF UN MEDIATION
  • NUCLEAR THREATS
  • OPPOSITION MOUNTS
  • CHANGE IN POLICY
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • NOTES
  • CHAPTER 5 "Who's Daddy" in the Taiwan Strait? The Offshore Islands Crisis of 1958
  • THE PRELUDE TO THE CRISIS
  • CHINA'S MOTIVES
  • THE CRISIS BEGINS
  • THE US RESPONSE
  • AMERICAN THINKING
  • DULLES TAKES CHARGE
  • NUCLEAR SIGNALS
  • THE RESUPPLY CRISIS
  • PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL OPINION PREVAILS
  • US POLICY SHIFTS
  • PARALLEL CONCESSIONS
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • NOTES
  • CHAPTER 6 Conclusions
  • NUCLEAR DIPLOMACY AND THE US CHINA POLICY
  • THE UTILITY CONUNDRUM
  • THE NUCLEAR PRESIDENCY
  • THE PERILS OF NUCLEAR BRINKMANSHIP
  • THE REVIVAL OF NUCLEAR DIPLOMACY
  • NOTES
  • Bibliography
  • PRIMARY SOURCES
  • SECONDARY SOURCES
  • Index
  • About the Author.

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