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Nuclear war?

Ranveig Eckhoff
Review written by Ranveig Eckhoff
Nuclear Weapons and Coercive Diplomacy
Forfatter: Matthew Fuhrmann, Todd S. Sechser
Forlag: Cambridge University Press (Storbritannia)
GHOST? / With the renewed threat of nuclear war, MODERN TIMES shines a spotlight on an earlier book. Are nuclear weapons suitable for blackmailing other countries – coercive diplomacy? No, according to these authors.




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