Nuclear Disarmament -- Threats Count

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Table 1: Partial Listing of Incidents of Nuclear Blackmail
(From Empire and the Bomb: How the United States Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World by Joseph Gerson)
1946	Truman threatens Soviets regarding Northern Iran.
1946	Truman sends SAC bombers to intimidate Yugoslavia following the downing of U.S. aircraft over Yugoslavia.
1948	Truman threatens Soviets in response to Berlin blockade.
1950	Truman threatens Chinese when U.S. Marines were surrounded at Chosin Reservoir in Korea.
1951	Truman approves military request to attack Manchuria with nuclear weapons if significant numbers of new Chinese forces join the war.
1953	Eisenhower threatens China to force an end to Korean War on terms acceptable to the United States.
1954	Eisenhower's Secretary of State Dulles offers French three tactical nuclear weapons to break the siege at Dienbienphu, Vietnam. Supported by Nixon's public trial balloons.
1954	Eisenhower used nuclear armed SAC bombers to reinforce CIA-backed coup in Guatemala.
1956	Bulganin threatens London and Paris with nuclear attacks, demanding withdrawal following their invasion of Egypt.
1956	Eisenhower counters by threatening the U.S.S.R. while also demanding British and French retreat from Egypt.
1958	Eisenhower orders Joint Chiefs of Staff to prepare to use nuclear weapons against Iraq, if necessary to prevent extension of revolution into Kuwait.
1958	Eisenhower orders Joint Chiefs of Staff to prepare to use nuclear weapons against China if they invade the island of Quemoy.
1961	Kennedy threatens Soviets during Berlin Crisis.
1962	Cuban Missile Crisis.
1967	Johnson threatens Soviets during Middle East War.
1967	Johnson's public threats against Vietnam are linked to possible use of nuclear weapons to break siege at Khe Shan.
1969	Brezhnev threatens China during border war.
1969	Nixon's "November Ultimatum" against Vietnam.
1970	Nixon signals U.S. preparations to fight nuclear war during Black September War in Jordan.
1973	Israeli Government threatens use of nuclear weapons during the "October War."
1973	Kissinger threatens Soviet Union during the last hours of the "October War" in the Middle East.
1973	Nixon pledges to South Vietnamese President Thieu that he will respond with nuclear attacks or the bombing of North Vietnam's dikes if it violated the provisions of the Paris Peace Accords.
1975	Sec. of Defense Schlesinger threatens North Korea with nuclear retaliation should it attack South Korea in the wake of the U.S. defeat in Vietnam.
1980	Carter Doctrine announced.
1981	Reagan reaffirms the Carter Doctrine.
1982	British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher threatens to eliminate Buenos Aires during the Falklands War.
1990	Pakistan threatens India during confrontation over Kashmir.
1990-91	Bush threatens Iraq during the "Gulf War."
1993	Clinton threatens North Korea.
1994	Clinton's confrontation with North Korea.
1996	China threatens "Los Angeles" during confrontation over Taiwan. Clinton responds by sending two nuclear-capable aircraft carrier fleets through the Taiwan Straight.
1996	Clinton threatens Libya with nuclear attack to prevent completion of underground chemical weapons production complex.
1998	Clinton threatens Iraq with nuclear attack.
1999	India and Pakistan threaten and prepare nuclear threats during the Kargil War.
2001	U.S. forces placed on a DEFCON alert in the immediate aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
2001	Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld refuses to rule out using tactical nuclear weapons against Afghan caves possibly sheltering Osama Bin Laden.
2002	Bush communicates an implied threat to counter any Iraqi use of chemical weapons to defend Iraqi troops with chemical or biological weapons with a U.S. nuclear attack.
2006	French Prime Minister Chirac threatens first strike nuclear attacks against nations that practice terrorism against France.
2006-07	"All options are on the table": U.S. threats to destroy Iran's nuclear infrastructure made by President Bush and presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton.