Nuclear weapons and the 1991 Gulf War : nuclear taboo or risk aversion?
Nuclear deterrence theory has neglected to account for the fact that since 1946, states’ in possession of nuclear weapons have refrained from using them in conflicts against adversaries that lack such a military capability. Nina Tannenwald has argued that a nuclear taboo, a normative inhibition asso...
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| Language: | English |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/17901 |