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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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Nuclear weapons and international security since 1945
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Nuclear weapons and international security since 1945.
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Summary |
In this book, Kristan Stoddartrevises several public misconceptions regarding Britain, the United States andNATO in the nuclear weapons field. Based on the latest declassified evidence collected both in the UKand the USA, Stoddart shows that despite losing its empire Britain was finding a role ₆ a role based on the defence of the NATO area at the expense of large scale extra-European commitments. Its primary method of achieving this was through nuclear weapons with an upgraded capability in Polaris. This story takes in a vast geographical scope involving some of the key actors in world politics at the time including Prime Minister Harold Wilson, US President Lyndon Johnson and French President Charles de Gaulle, with the tensions of that triangular relationship at the heart of Britain's renewed and refocused nuclear empire. |
Contents |
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. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Local Note |
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- History -- 20th century.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Nuclear weapons -- Government policy. |
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Great Britain. |
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Nuclear weapons. |
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Great Britain -- Military policy -- History -- 20th century.
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Military policy. |
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1964-1979.
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Politics and government. |
Chronological Term |
1964-1979 |
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Great Britain -- Military relations -- United States.
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Military relations. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Military relations -- Great Britain.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. |
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century. |
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HISTORY -- Military -- Nuclear Warfare. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory. |
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The Cold War -- NATO. |
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Central government policies -- NATO. |
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Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 -- NATO. |
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British & Irish history -- NATO. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Stoddart, Kristan. Losing an empire and finding a role. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012 9780230300880 (DLC) 2012006035 (OCoLC)764357556 |
ISBN |
9780230369252 (electronic book) |
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0230369251 (electronic book) |
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9780230300880 |
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