Losing an Empire and Finding a Role

Britain, the USA, NATO and Nuclear Weapons, 1964-70

AvK. Stoddart

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

This book sheds fresh light on developments in British nuclear weapons policy between October 1964, when the Labour Party came back into power under Harold Wilson following a thirteen year absence, and June 1970 when the Conservative government of Edward Heath was elected.

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Utgivningsdatum:2012-04-11
Mått:140 x 216 x 21 mm
Vikt:546 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Nuclear Weapons and International Security since 1945
Antal sidor:327
Upplaga:2012
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9780230300880

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KRISTAN STODDART is a research assistant at the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University, UK, and a member of the Centre for Intelligence and International Security Studies. Previously he was a Research Fellow at the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies, University of Southampton.

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'Making sense of the interwoven strategic, poltical, diplomatic, and technical strands of Britain's nuclear policy in the late 1960s is a daunting task, but Stoddart has done it.' - Recommended by Choice

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List of Illustrations Series Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction The Labour Government: The Inheritance of Polaris and Anglo-US Nuclear Relations, 1964-1966 The Question of Polaris and UK/US Responses to Soviet Anti-Ballistic Missiles, 1964-1966 Britain, the United States and the Reform of NATO Strategy, 1964-1966 Britain, America and Allied Tactical Nuclear Weapons Planning, 1964-1966 The Second Wilson Government and the Maintenance of Polaris, 1966-1970 ABM Systems and Arms Control, 1966-1970 NATO and Flexible Response, 1966-1970 Britain, America and Allied Tactical Nuclear Operations, 1966-1970 Conclusion Notes Bibliography Appendix: Table: British Nuclear Ordnance 1964-1970 Index