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Why would countries without nuclear weapons even think about fighting nuclear-armed opponents? A simple answer is that no one believes nuclear weapons will be used. But that answer fails to consider why nonnuclear state leaders would believe that in the first place. In this superb unpacking of the dynamics of conflict under conditions of nuclear monopoly, Paul C. Avey argues that the costs and benefits of using nuclear weapons create openings that weak nonnuclear actors can exploit. Tempting Fat
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- Author
- Paul C Avey; Project Muse
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781501740381
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Military, History, Social Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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