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Atomic Assurance: The Alliance Politics of Nuclear Proliferation
216Overview
Alexander Lanoszka finds that military alliances are less useful in preventing allies from acquiring nuclear weapons than conventional wisdom suggests. Through intensive case studies of West Germany, Japan, and South Korea, as well as a series of smaller cases on Great Britain, France, Norway, Australia, and Taiwan, Atomic Assurance shows that it is easier to prevent an ally from initiating a nuclear program than to stop an ally that has already started one; in-theater conventional forces are crucial in making American nuclear guarantees credible; the American coercion of allies who started, or were tempted to start, a nuclear weapons program has played less of a role in forestalling nuclear proliferation than analysts have assumed; and the economic or technological reliance of a security-dependent ally on the United States works better to reverse or to halt that ally's nuclear bid than anything else.
Crossing diplomatic history, international relations, foreign policy, grand strategy, and nuclear strategy, Lanoszka's book reworks our understanding of the power and importance of alliances in stopping nuclear proliferation.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781501729188 |
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Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
Publication date: | 11/15/2018 |
Series: | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs |
Pages: | 216 |
Product dimensions: | 6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Introduction1. How Alliances (Mis)Manage Nuclear Proliferation
2. American Security Guarantees during the Cold War,1949–1980
3. West Germany, 1954–1970
4. Japan, 1952–1980
5. South Korea, 1968–1980
6. Nuclear Proliferation and Other American Alliances
Conclusion: Understanding and Managing Alliancesin the 21st Century
Notes
Index
What People are Saying About This
"Atomic Assurance addresses an important question: how do military alliances influence nuclear proliferation? Alexander Lanozska’s argument cuts against conventional wisdom and contains a wealth of information that will be new and thought-provoking to many readers."
"In this extremely timely book, Alexander Lanoszka, through a series of impressive case studies, illuminates nuances in how and when alliances can prevent nuclear proliferation. Given the growing debate in the US about its future alliance commitments abroad, this book could not have come at a more important time."