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Avey, Paul C., author.

Title Tempting fate : why nonnuclear states confront nuclear opponents / Paul C. Avey.

Publication Info.	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
	©2019

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Axe JSTOR Open Ebooks	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (xi, 238 pages) : illustrations.
	text txt rdacontent
	computer c rdamedia
	online resource cr rdacarrier
Series	Cornell studies in security affairs
	Cornell studies in security affairs.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents	The strategic logic of nuclear monopoly -- Iraq versus the United States -- Egypt versus Israel -- China versus the United States -- Soviet Union versus the United States
Summary	"Weak nonnuclear armed states have a number of strategies to win limited victories against nuclear armed opponents"-- Provided by publisher
Note	Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 09, 2020).
Subject	Asymmetric warfare -- Case studies.
	Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Case studies.
	No first use (Nuclear strategy) -- Case studies.
	Security, International -- Case studies.
	Guerre asymétrique -- Études de cas.
	Armes nucléaires -- Politique gouvernementale -- Études de cas.
	Non-recours en premier aux armes nucléaires -- Études de cas.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International)
	POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International)
	Asymmetric warfare
	No first use (Nuclear strategy)
	Nuclear weapons -- Government policy
	Security, International
	Abschreckung
	Staat
	Strategie
	Kernwaffenfreie Zone
	Atommacht
	Glaubwürdigkeit
	Nukleare Abschreckung
Indexed Term	nuclear weapons, asymmetric conflict, limited war, Soviet Union, China, Egypt, Iraq.
Genre/Form	Case studies
	Case studies.
	Études de cas.
Other Form:	Print version: Avey, Paul C. Tempting fate. Ithaca, [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501740381 (DLC) 2019019612 (OCoLC)1099540006
ISBN	9781501740404 electronic book
	1501740407 electronic book
	9781501740398 electronic book
	1501740393 electronic book
	9781501740381 hardcover
	1501740385 hardcover
Standard No.	AU@ 000066518504
	AU@ 000065777977
	AU@ 000069882427