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The ANZUS Crisis, Nuclear Visiting and Deterrence

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1989
ISBN
0521343550, 9780521343558
LCC
UA874.3 .P84 1989
Open Library ID
OL2182954M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9177183 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in International Relations
Pages
304\304
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

The deployment of nuclear weapons has been a critical problem for the NATO alliance. Opposition to nuclear tests within the Southern Hemisphere has developed with the creation of a South Pacific Free Zone and the decision by the New Zealand Government to ban port visits by vessels believed to be carrying nuclear weapons. This attempt to disengage from nuclear deterrence provoked a crisis in the ANZUS alliance with Australia and the United States that has been closely followed by political parties and pressure groups in the Northern Hemisphere. This first major study of nuclear visiting examines the questions of principle at issue, the evolution of the ANZUS crisis and its implications for the Western alliance structure as a whole. The author assesses the degree to which the ''nuclear free virus'' in the South Pacific might be catching and relates this work to some of the most pressing international issues of our time.

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