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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827511203321

Titolo

The British way in cold warfare : intelligence, diplomacy and the bomb, 1945-1975 / / edited by Matthew Grant ; contributors Pete Davies [and nine others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

1-4411-8567-4

1-283-20547-5

9786613205476

1-4411-3433-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

374.1200941

Soggetti

Cold War

Deterrence (Strategy)

Nuclear weapons - Government policy - Great Britain

Intelligence service - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Great Britain Foreign relations 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Cold War and British National Interest; PART I: THE BOMB; 1 British Nuclear Strategy during the Cold War; 2 Disarmament and Non-Proliferation; 3 Civil Defence and the Nuclear Deterrent, 1954-1968: Strategic Imperative and Political Expediency; PART II: DIPLOMACY; 4 A Coalition of 'Compromise and Barter': Britain and West Germany in the Cold War, 1945-1975; 5 Transformation and Tradition: Anglo-French Nuclear Cooperation and Britain's Policy towards the European Community, 1960-1974

6 Transatlantic Nuclear Cooperation: The British Perspective, 1945-1991PART III: INTELLIGENCE; 7 The British Way in Intelligence; 8 British Intelligence and Threats to British National Security after the Second World War; 9 British Intelligence, Soviet Missile Defence and the British Nuclear Deterrent, 1964-1970; 10 The British Way of Economic



Intelligence during the Cold War; Notes on Contributors; Index; B; E; H; L; N; S; V; Z

Sommario/riassunto

By utilising the latest research, readers will be given a complete picture of the way Britain fought the Cold War, moving the focus away from the now familiar crises of Suez and Cuba and onto the themes that underpinned the British war strategy. Intelligence, civil defence and nuclear diplomacy are all examined within the context of modern British history at a time of national decline. There is a growing interest in the contexts of the Cold War and this collection will establish itself as the leading volume on the UK's wartime strategy.