| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Weapons of mass destruction series
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Weapons of mass destruction series (Rowman & Littlefield, Inc.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: the Trident debate renewed / Andrew Futter -- British nuclear strategy: history and culture -- 70 years of British nuclear debates: a brief history / Daniel Salisbury -- The UK nuclear deterrent: a system of systems / David Jarvis -- UK Trident renewal: antecedents and decision-making / Kristan Stoddart -- The silence of British nuclear culture / Jon Hogg --? trident renewal: the wider context -- The heterogeneity of UK military views on nuclear weapons / Henrietta Wilson -- The Trident renewal decision, the UK and the NPT / Shatabhisha Shetty & Lukasz Kulesa -- The legality and legitimacy of Trident renewal / William Walker -- Trident and the special relationship / Heather Williams -- Dangerous and inhumane: the implications for UK nuclear policy of international strategies to apply humanitarian law and prohibit nuclear weapons / Rebecca Johnson -- Bairns not bombs: the Scottish anti-nuclear movement and the British nuclear state / Catherine Eschle -- Next steps, politics and future challenges -- Sustaining Trident: nuclear absolutism and nuclear symbolism / Nick Ritchie -- Next steps in the UK's nuclear warhead programme: what future for the atomic weapons establishment? / Peter Burt -- The future of political opposition to Trident / Toby Fenwick -- Future challenges for UK nuclear deterrence / Andrew Futter. |
| Summary |
This volume provides an up-to-date study of the current UK nuclear program and related issues that reflect the complexity of the Trident weapons system and the changing nature of deterrence in the 21st century. In 2016, the United Kingdom will decide on whether to go ahead and build the next generation of nuclear submarines that will allow the UK to remain in the nuclear business well into the second half of this century. The book presents the political, cultural, technical, and strategic aspects of Trident to provide a thoughtful overview of the UK's complex relationship with nuclear weapons. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nuclear weapons -- Great Britain.
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Nuclear weapons. |
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Great Britain. |
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Great Britain -- Military policy.
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Military policy. |
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Trident (Weapons systems)
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Nuclear disarmament -- Great Britain.
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Trident (Weapons systems) |
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other. |
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Nuclear disarmament. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Futter, Andrew, 1983- United Kingdom and the future of nuclear weapons. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2016] 9781442265738 (DLC) 2016012242 |
| ISBN |
9781442265745 (electronic) |
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1442265744 (electronic) |
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9781442265738 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1442265736 |
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