Russia’s Failed Nuclear Coercion Against Ukraine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11269305 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Clara Arndt (0009-0009-3362-792X, Charles University, corresponding author), Liviu Horovitz (0000-0003-3471-2009, Charles University), Michal Onderco (0000-0001-9911-3782, Charles University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 167-184 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Washington Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-660X • E-ISSN: 1530-9177 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0163660x.2023.2259665 |
| OpenAlex | W4387621457 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 9 |
During the summer of 1945, Harry Truman intuitively came to believe in the effectiveness of nuclear coercion. The Soviet Union would have to cave in to US nuclear might, the President thought. Washington could organize Europe (and the world) as it saw fit against Moscow's wishes, and regional conventional superiority if necessary, given that nuclear mushroom clouds would soon reveal American destructive supremacy. He was flabbergasted a few months later, when the Soviets proved unimpressed by US nuclear allusions. 1 By the end of the decade, with Moscow's atomic arsenal barely nascent, the US government forfeited nuclear coercion and chose to invest massively in
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 6 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |