Nuclear weapons and coercive diplomacy
Part I. The Logic of Nuclear Skepticism: 1. Nuclear blackmail in international politics. - 2. Nuclear coercion and nuclear skepticism. - Part II. Trends: 3. Standoffs: nuclear weapons in crisis bargaining. - 4. Stalemates: territorial disputes and nuclear politics. - Part III. Cases: 5. Brinkmanship busts: when nuclear coercion fails. - 6. Think again: reassessing nuclear victories. - Part IV. Conclusions: 7. Nuclear coercion in myth and reality