TY - BOOK ID - 631957 TI - Paper tigers : China's nuclear posture PY - 2014 SN - 9781138907140 PB - London : Abingdon, Oxon : IISS, The International Institute for Strategic Studies ; Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - BPB1503 KW - Chine KW - Arme nucléaire KW - Dissuasion KW - pelote KW - afschrikking KW - odstraszanie KW - Abschreckung KW - dissuasão KW - разубеждение KW - αποτροπή KW - preventīvs pasākums KW - atgrasa KW - hirmutusvahend KW - deterrent KW - zastrašujúci prostriedok KW - iombhagairt KW - elrettentés KW - dissuasione KW - disuasión KW - politică de intimidare KW - afskrækkelse KW - pengues KW - odvračanje KW - zastrašování KW - odvraćanje KW - avskräckning KW - одвраћање KW - одвраќање KW - afschrikkingsmacht KW - atgrasos pajėgos KW - pirmojo smūgio galia KW - forza di dissuasione KW - сила за одвраќање KW - δυνάμεις αποτροπής KW - сила за заплашување KW - útočná síla KW - força de dissuasão KW - forza d'urto KW - zastrašujúca sila KW - стратешко одвраќање KW - elrettentő erő KW - 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atoombom KW - bombe atomique KW - atomfegyver KW - bomba H KW - atomipommi KW - dispositivo nucleare KW - ατομική βόμβα KW - bombë me neutrone KW - atominė bomba KW - brintbombe KW - neitronu bumba KW - βόμβα νετρονίου KW - atomsko oružje KW - potenziale atomico KW - bomba neutronowa KW - vetypommi KW - atombombe KW - atominis ginklas KW - kodolbruņojums KW - neutroninė bomba KW - arma nucleare operativa KW - bomba de hidrogénio KW - arma atómica KW - ūdeņraža bumba KW - aparato nuclear KW - aatomirelv KW - bomba de neutrones KW - bomba N KW - engenho explosivo nuclear KW - bombë atomike KW - bombë me hidrogjen KW - nuclear bomb KW - tuumapomm KW - bomba atomica KW - kärnladdning KW - Neutronenbombe KW - armë atomike KW - kernevåben KW - jadrová bomba KW - атомска бомба KW - testata nucleare KW - nukleáris bomba KW - neutron bomb KW - neutronbomba KW - bombă atomică KW - bomba a neutroni KW - neutronbombe KW - atomska bomba KW - ατομικά όπλα KW - branduolinis įtaisas KW - bomba nuclear KW - 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Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία της Κίνας KW - Kínai Népköztársaság KW - République populaire de Chine KW - ČLR KW - Народна република Китай KW - Народна Република Кина KW - Hiina Rahvavabariik KW - Folkerepublikken Kina KW - ir-Repubblika Popolari taċ-Ċina KW - Republika Popullore e Kinës KW - Volksrepubliek China KW - НР Кина KW - die Volksrepublik China KW - Ljudska republika Kitajska KW - Čínska ľudová republika KW - Kinijos Liaudies Respublika KW - Folkrepubliken Kina KW - Chińska Republika Ludowa KW - Republica Populară Chineză KW - Narodna Republika Kina KW - Kiinan kansantasavalta KW - People’s Republic of China KW - República Popular China KW - Polemology KW - Nuclear weapons KW - Armes nucléaires KW - Military policy. KW - Politique militaire UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:631957 AB - China's nuclear arsenal has long been an enigma. It is a small force, based almost exclusively on land-based ballistic missiles, maintained at a low level of alert and married to a no-first-use doctrine - all choices that would seem to invite attack in a crisis. Chinese leaders, when they have spoken about nuclear weapons, have articulated ideas that sound odd to the Western ear. Mao Zedong's oft-quoted remark that 'nuclear weapons are a paper tiger' seems to be bluster or madness. China's nuclear forces are now too important to remain a mystery. Yet Westerners continue to disagree about basic factual information concerning one of the world's most important nuclear-weapons states. This book documents and explains the evolution of China's nuclear forces in terms of historical, bureaucratic and ideological factors. There is a strategic logic at work, but that logic is mediated through politics, bureaucracy and ideology. The simplest explanation is that Chinese leaders, taken as a whole, have tended to place relatively little emphasis on the sort of technical details that dominated US discussions regarding deterrence. Such profound differences in thinking about nuclear weapons could lead to catastrophic misunderstanding in the event of a military crisis between Beijing and Washington. ER -