British Way in Cold Warfare

Dr Matthew Grant is based at the University of Sheffield. He has been researching aspects of the Cold War since 2000 and is a regular speaker on the subject at conferences around the UK.

"Grant presents 10 articles exploring the history of British statecraft during the Cold War. Contributors first discuss issues of nuclear weapons, examining British nuclear strategy, disarmament and non-proliferation policy, and civil defense policy. The focus then turns to diplomacy, broadly defined, in chapters that look at British-West German relations, Anglo-French nuclear cooperation and British policy towards the European Community, and transatlantic nuclear cooperation. The final major theme of the volume is intelligence, which is examined in terms of perceived threats to national security, Soviet missile defense and the British nuclear deterrent, and British economic intelligence activities." -Eithne O'Leyne, BOOK NEWS, Inc.

• Preface - Peter Hennessy; Introduction - Matthew Grant; Part One: the Bomb; 1. British Nuclear Strategy During the Cold War - Kristan Stoddart; 2. Disarmament and Non-Proliferation - Stephen Twigge; 3. Civil Defence and the Nuclear Deterrent - Matthew Grant; Part Two: Diplomacy; 4. In the National Interest: the BBC World Service and the Cold War - Alban Webb; 5. Anglo-French Nuclear Relations, the EEC and the Cold War - Helen Parr; 6. Transatlantic Nuclear Co-operation: the British Perspective - Melissa Pine; Part Three: Intelligence; 7. The British Way in Intelligence - Michael S. Goodman; 8. British Intelligence and Threats to Post-War National Security - Calder Walton; 9. Intelligence and the Soviet Nuclear Threat - Catherine Haddon; 10. Intelligence and the Dismal Science: Strategic Economic Intelligence during the Cold War - Peter Davies.