State Responses to Nuclear Proliferation: The Differential Effects of Threat Perception
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- About This Book -- Contents -- About the Author -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- Central Personalities -- 1 Introduction -- Statement of the Problem -- Purpose of the Book -- The Use of Case Studies -- Conceptual Underpinnings for the Study -- Research Questions -- Research Hypotheses -- Scope of the Study -- Limitations and Assumptions -- Power Projection Disparities -- Interdependence -- Data Analysis -- The Differential Effects of Threat Perception -- Summary -- 2 Literature Review -- Background -- Deterrence Theory -- The Spread of Nuclear Weapons -- Nuclear Motivations -- Proliferation Optimism and Proliferation Pessimism -- The Differential Effects of Nuclear Proliferation -- Political Psychology -- Summary -- 3 Cognitive Psychological Influences -- Cognitive Psychological Influences -- Historical Tragedy and Perceptions of Threat -- Israel-Historical Tragedy and Perceptions of Threat -- Historical Analogies -- Adversarial Rhetoric -- Fixed Analogy -- The United States-Historical Tragedy and Perceptions of Threat -- Historical Analogies -- Adversarial Rhetoric -- Fixed Analogy -- History of Conflict -- Israel-History of Conflict -- Israel and Iraq -- Israel and Hezbollah and Hamas -- Israel and Syria -- Israel and Iran -- The Regional Hegemon -- The United States-History of Conflict -- The United States and Iraq -- The United States and Syria -- The United States and Iran -- Summary -- 4 National Security Policy and Nuclear Policy -- Israel-National Security Policy -- Foreign Policy Decisions -- The United States-National Security Policy -- The Truman and Eisenhower Administrations -- The Kennedy and Nixon Administrations -- The Carter Administration -- The Reagan Administration -- The George H.W. Bush Administration -- The Clinton Administration.