TY  - BOOK
AU  - Narang,Vipin
TI  - Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era: Regional Powers and International Conflict 
T2  - Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
SN  - 9780691159836
AV  - U264 .N36 2017
U1  - 355.0217 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - Deterrence (Strategy)
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Nuclear warfare
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Nuclear weapons
KW  - Security, International
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Avner Cohen
KW  - China
KW  - Cold War
KW  - France
KW  - India
KW  - Israel
KW  - Israeli officials
KW  - Pakistan
KW  - Posture Optimization Theory
KW  - South Africa
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - Western assistance
KW  - alliance options
KW  - assured retaliation
KW  - asymmetric escalation
KW  - asymmetric nuclear posture
KW  - catalytic nuclear posture
KW  - civilian control
KW  - civilЭilitary relations
KW  - closet nuclear state
KW  - conflict deterrence
KW  - conflict dynamics
KW  - conflict escalation
KW  - conventional conflicts
KW  - conventional threats
KW  - crisis behavior
KW  - crisis dynamics
KW  - crisis settings
KW  - deterrence outcomes
KW  - deterrent power
KW  - domestic political considerations
KW  - future nuclear powers
KW  - general deterrent effects
KW  - international conflict
KW  - international relations
KW  - international security
KW  - international stability
KW  - large-n analysis
KW  - limited deterrence
KW  - minimum deterrence
KW  - non-nuclear opponents
KW  - nuclear age
KW  - nuclear competition
KW  - nuclear deterrent
KW  - nuclear dynamics
KW  - nuclear opponents
KW  - nuclear postures
KW  - nuclear program
KW  - nuclear states
KW  - nuclear strategies
KW  - nuclear strategy
KW  - nuclear threat
KW  - nuclear weapons
KW  - open nuclear power
KW  - optimization theory
KW  - partyЭilitary relations
KW  - postwar France
KW  - proliferation literature
KW  - regional nuclear powers
KW  - regional power
KW  - regional powers
KW  - security environment
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Figures and Tables --; Acknowledgments --; Chapter One. Introduction --; Chapter Two. The Sources of Regional Power Nuclear Postures: Posture Optimization Theory --; Chapter Three. Pakistan --; Chapter Four. India --; Chapter Five. China --; Chapter Six. France --; Chapter Seven. Israel --; Chapter Eight. South Africa --; Chapter Nine. Deterring Unequally I: A Large-n Analysis --; Chapter Ten. Deterring Unequally II: Regional Power Nuclear Postures and Crisis Behavior --; Chapter Eleven: Conclusion --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - The world is in a second nuclear age in which regional powers play an increasingly prominent role. These states have small nuclear arsenals, often face multiple active conflicts, and sometimes have weak institutions. How do these nuclear states-and potential future ones-manage their nuclear forces and influence international conflict? Examining the reasoning and deterrence consequences of regional power nuclear strategies, this book demonstrates that these strategies matter greatly to international stability and it provides new insights into conflict dynamics across important areas of the world such as the Middle East, East Asia, and South Asia.Vipin Narang identifies the diversity of regional power nuclear strategies and describes in detail the posture each regional power has adopted over time. Developing a theory for the sources of regional power nuclear strategies, he offers the first systematic explanation of why states choose the postures they do and under what conditions they might shift strategies. Narang then analyzes the effects of these choices on a state's ability to deter conflict. Using both quantitative and qualitative analysis, he shows that, contrary to a bedrock article of faith in the canon of nuclear deterrence, the acquisition of nuclear weapons does not produce a uniform deterrent effect against opponents. Rather, some postures deter conflict more successfully than others.Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era considers the range of nuclear choices made by regional powers and the critical challenges they pose to modern international security
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400850402?locatt=mode:legacy
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