Modern Weapons and the Small Power

this study of the effect of contemporary weapons on Canada's international position, a Small Power is defined as one which lacks nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them; it is a category into which every country in the world except Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom can fit. The military problems of a Small Power are entirely different from those of a nuclear-equipped Great Power, and they are strongly affected by the Small Power's geographical location, by the vigour with which it wishes to pursue its international goals, by the intensity of its desire to retain a national identity, and by its wealth

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