Risking “the destruction of nations”: Lessons of the cuban missile crisis for new and aspiring nuclear states

Security Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 811-850

  Blight, James G ^a   Welch, David A ^b  

^a Foreign Policy Development ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 5644228695     PISSN: 09636412     EISSN: 15561852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09636419509347609     Document Type: Article

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