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oapen-20.500.12657-620192024-03-27T14:14:43Z Tempting Fate Avey, Paul C. nuclear weapons, asymmetric conflict, limited war, Soviet Union, China, Egypt, Iraq thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations Unpacking of the dynamics of conflict under conditions of nuclear monopoly, Paul C. Avey argues in Tempting Fate that the costs and benefits of using nuclear weapons create openings that weak nonnuclear actors can exploit. Avey uses four case studies to show the key strategies available to nonnuclear states: Iraqi decision-making under Saddam Hussein in confrontations with the United States; Egyptian leaders' thinking about the Israeli nuclear arsenal during wars in 1969–70 and 1973; Chinese confrontations with the United States in 1950, 1954, and 1958; and a dispute that never escalated to war, the Soviet-United States tensions between 1946 and 1948 that culminated in the Berlin Blockade. Strategies employed include limiting the scope of the conflict, holding chemical and biological weapons in reserve, seeking outside support, and leveraging international non-use norms. Avey demonstrates clearly that nuclear weapons cast a definite but limited shadow, and while the world continues to face various nuclear challenges, understanding conflict in nuclear monopoly will remain a pressing concern for analysts and policymakers. Thanks to generous funding from Virginia Tech and its participation in TOME, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes, available from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other repositories. 2023-03-29T15:48:41Z 2023-03-29T15:48:41Z 2019 book ONIX_20230329_9781501740398_6 9781501740398 9781501740404 9781501755200 9781501740381 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62019 eng Cornell Studies in Security Affairs application/pdf application/epub+zip Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781501740398.pdf 9781501740404.epub http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501740381/tempting-fate Cornell University Press Cornell University Press 10.7298/9rbc-w920 10.7298/9rbc-w920 06a447d4-1d09-460f-8b1d-3b4b09d64407 4d788369-486f-4cf8-90bd-ef693fe9606a 9781501740398 9781501740404 9781501755200 9781501740381 Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME) Cornell University Press 252 Ithaca [...] TOME Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem Virginia Tech open access
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Unpacking of the dynamics of conflict under conditions of nuclear monopoly, Paul C. Avey argues in Tempting Fate that the costs and benefits of using nuclear weapons create openings that weak nonnuclear actors can exploit. Avey uses four case studies to show the key strategies available to nonnuclear states: Iraqi decision-making under Saddam Hussein in confrontations with the United States; Egyptian leaders' thinking about the Israeli nuclear arsenal during wars in 1969–70 and 1973; Chinese confrontations with the United States in 1950, 1954, and 1958; and a dispute that never escalated to war, the Soviet-United States tensions between 1946 and 1948 that culminated in the Berlin Blockade. Strategies employed include limiting the scope of the conflict, holding chemical and biological weapons in reserve, seeking outside support, and leveraging international non-use norms. Avey demonstrates clearly that nuclear weapons cast a definite but limited shadow, and while the world continues to face various nuclear challenges, understanding conflict in nuclear monopoly will remain a pressing concern for analysts and policymakers. Thanks to generous funding from Virginia Tech and its participation in TOME, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes, available from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other repositories.
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