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Surviving without the bomb: Extended deterrence and the strategic use of non-nuclear military power by US allies

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Dousing South Korea’s nuclear desires

Surviving without the bomb: Extended deterrence and the strategic use of non-nuclear military power by US allies

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Jung-Hoon Chun

In-Song Kim

Jim Walsh

Vipin Narang

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Seeking The Bomb: Strategies of Nuclear Proliferation

The Deaths of Others: The Fate of Civilians in America’s Wars