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dc.contributor.authorAvey, Paul C.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-29T15:48:41Z
dc.date.available2023-03-29T15:48:41Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifierONIX_20230329_9781501740398_6
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62019
dc.description.abstractUnpacking 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.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCornell Studies in Security Affairs
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relationsen_US
dc.subject.othernuclear weapons, asymmetric conflict, limited war, Soviet Union, China, Egypt, Iraq
dc.titleTempting Fate
dc.title.alternativeWhy Nonnuclear States Confront Nuclear Opponents
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.7298/9rbc-w920
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy06a447d4-1d09-460f-8b1d-3b4b09d64407
oapen.relation.isFundedBy4d788369-486f-4cf8-90bd-ef693fe9606a
oapen.relation.isbn9781501740398
oapen.relation.isbn9781501740404
oapen.relation.isbn9781501755200
oapen.relation.isbn9781501740381
oapen.collectionToward an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME)
oapen.imprintCornell University Press
oapen.pages252
oapen.place.publicationIthaca
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oapen.grant.programTOME
oapen.grant.projectToward an Open Monograph Ecosystem


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