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Nuclear Reactions: How Nuclear-Armed States Behave
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Nuclear Reactions: How Nuclear-Armed States Behave
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Mark S. Bell
2021
Published by:
Cornell University Press
Series:
Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
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Nuclear Reactions
analyzes how nuclear weapons change the calculations states make in their foreign policies, why they do so, and why nuclear weapons have such different effects on the foreign policies of different countries.
Mark S. Bell argues that nuclear weapons are useful for more than deterrence. They are leveraged to pursue a wide range of goals in international politics, and the nations that acquire them significantly change their foreign policies as a result. Closely examining how these effects vary and what those variations have meant in the United States, the United Kingdom, and South Africa, Bell shows that countries are not generically "emboldened"—they change their foreign policies in different ways based on their priorities. This has huge policy implications: What would Iran do if it were to acquire nuclear weapons? Would Japanese policy toward the United States change if Japan were to obtain nuclear weapons? And what does the looming threat of nuclear weapons mean for the future of foreign policy? Far from being a relic of the Cold War, Bell argues, nuclear weapons are as important in international politics today as they ever were.
Thanks to generous funding from the University of Minnesota 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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Cover
Seriespage
pp. i-ii
Title Page
pp. iii
pp. iv
Dedication
pp. v-vi
Contents
pp. vii-viii
List of Illustrations
pp. ix-x
Acknowledgments
pp. xi-xiv
List of Abbreviations
pp. xv-xviii
Introduction. How Do New Nuclear States Behave?
pp. 1-8
1. Nuclear Opportunism: How States Use Nuclear Weapons in International Politics
pp. 9-35
2. Independence and Status: The British Nuclear Experience
pp. 36-77
3. Apartheid and Aggression: South Africa, Angola, and the Bomb
pp. 78-111
4. The Foundations of a New World Order: The United States and the Start of the Nuclear Era
pp. 112-146
5. Past and Future Proliferators
pp. 147-163
Conclusion. Nuclear Revolution or Nuclear Revolutions?
pp. 164-174
Notes
pp. 175-208
Index
pp. 209-214
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ISBN
9781501754180
Related ISBN(s)
9781501754166, 9781501754173
DOI
10.1353/book.83173
MARC Record
OCLC
1191457725
Pages
234
Launched on MUSE
2021-04-12
Language
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC
Purchase
2023
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