Ken Young is Professor of Public Policy at King's College, London

‘The American Bomb in Britain is an impressive achievement and significant contribution to the field. It is highly recommended to academic and public libraries and anyone who has ever reflected on what was actually special about the Anglo-American ‘special relationship.’H-Diplo, Joseph M. Siracusa, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, December 2016‘Young’s detailed passages on the intricacies of deploying, bedding down, maintaining, and operating strategic bombers, and how such skilled and famed USAF officers as General Leon Johnson forged and maintained working relationships with RAF and British civil authorities on a day-to-day basis to achieve operational goals are especially informative.’Steve Agoratus, Hamilton NJ

• Introduction1. Searching for bases2. Deploying to England3. Here to stay4. Rehearsing for war5. Difficult relations6. A vulnerable island7. Defending the strategic force8. Towards atomic partnership9. Borrowing the bomb10. Consenting to nuclear war11. Strike hard, strike sure...and strike together?12. The asymmetrical allianceIndex

Ken Young is Professor of Public Policy at King's College, London

‘The American Bomb in Britain is an impressive achievement and significant contribution to the field. It is highly recommended to academic and public libraries and anyone who has ever reflected on what was actually special about the Anglo-American ‘special relationship.’H-Diplo, Joseph M. Siracusa, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, December 2016‘Young’s detailed passages on the intricacies of deploying, bedding down, maintaining, and operating strategic bombers, and how such skilled and famed USAF officers as General Leon Johnson forged and maintained working relationships with RAF and British civil authorities on a day-to-day basis to achieve operational goals are especially informative.’Steve Agoratus, Hamilton NJ

• Introduction1. Searching for bases2. Deploying to England3. Here to stay4. Rehearsing for war5. Difficult relations6. A vulnerable island7. Defending the strategic force8. Towards atomic partnership9. Borrowing the bomb10. Consenting to nuclear war11. Strike hard, strike sure...and strike together?12. The asymmetrical allianceIndex

Ken Young is Professor of Public Policy at King's College, London

‘The American Bomb in Britain is an impressive achievement and significant contribution to the field. It is highly recommended to academic and public libraries and anyone who has ever reflected on what was actually special about the Anglo-American ‘special relationship.’H-Diplo, Joseph M. Siracusa, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, December 2016‘Young’s detailed passages on the intricacies of deploying, bedding down, maintaining, and operating strategic bombers, and how such skilled and famed USAF officers as General Leon Johnson forged and maintained working relationships with RAF and British civil authorities on a day-to-day basis to achieve operational goals are especially informative.’Steve Agoratus, Hamilton NJ

• Introduction1. Searching for bases2. Deploying to England3. Here to stay4. Rehearsing for war5. Difficult relations6. A vulnerable island7. Defending the strategic force8. Towards atomic partnership9. Borrowing the bomb10. Consenting to nuclear war11. Strike hard, strike sure...and strike together?12. The asymmetrical allianceIndex