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Patterns of Conventional Warfighting under the Nuclear Umbrella

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  1. Igor Davidzon

    1. IR & Security Policy, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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  • Reviews the variable influence of nuclear weaponization on countries' preferences of conventional warfighting from a comparative perspective

  • Examines three countries as case studies - Pakistan, India, and Israel - that crossed the weaponization threshold even prior to the performance of a public nuclear test (and in Israel, no public test has been conducted)

  • Based on Neoclassical Realism Theory perspective, combining a systemic parameter of relative material power and domestic parameter of strategic culture

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Igor Davidzon
    Pages 1-9

  3. Nuclear Weaponization and Warfighting Patterns—Theoretical Discussion

    • Igor Davidzon
    Pages 11-32

  4. Three Models of Nuclear Weaponization Influence and Their Origins

    • Igor Davidzon
    Pages 33-45

  5. The Relative Power and Its Perception

    • Igor Davidzon
    Pages 47-94

  6. Nuclear Development Programs: Historical Insight

    • Igor Davidzon
    Pages 95-113

  7. The Nuclear Weaponization and the Patterns of Conventional Warfighting

    • Igor Davidzon
    Pages 115-150

  8. Summary and Conclusions

    • Igor Davidzon
    Pages 151-162

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 163-169
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About this book

This book explores how nuclear weapons influence conventional warfighting, through three case studies of countries not party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty: Pakistan, India, and Israel. The author examines how decision makers choose a preferred pattern of war management, as well as how these choices affect conflicts, suggesting that nuclear weaponization constitutes a clear change in the relative power of countries. This distribution of power within the international system expands or reduces the selection of strategies or war management patterns available to members of the international community. However, historic traumatic events like military defeats, countries’ self-images, and images of enemies form the perceptions of decision makers regarding material power and change thereof, suggesting that choices of decision makers are not affected directly by changes in relative power relations, but rather through an intermediate level of strategic culture parameter.

Authors and Affiliations

  • IR & Security Policy, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Igor Davidzon

About the author

Igor Davidzon is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Center for Transnational Relations, Foreign and Security Policy at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Patterns of Conventional Warfighting under the Nuclear Umbrella

  • Authors: Igor Davidzon

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45594-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-45593-4Published: 05 May 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-45596-5Published: 05 May 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-45594-1Published: 04 May 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 169

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: International Security Studies

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