LEADER 02670nam 2200445 450 001 9910157840703321 005 20210111163133.0 010 $a0-19-177168-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000340141 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001002640 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4842085 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000340141 100 $a20141028d2015 fy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe British nuclear experience $ethe roles of beliefs, culture and identity /$fJohn Baylis and Kristan Stoddart$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aOxford :$cOxford University Press,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource 311 $a0-19-870202-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe emergence of a deterrence 'habit of mind' -- The chiefs of staff, nuclear weapons, and global strategy -- From atomic weapons to thermonuclear weapons -- Forging the 'special' Anglo-American nuclear relationship -- Polaris, independence, and interdependence -- The Polaris improvement programme and chevaline -- The Polaris replacement debate under labour -- The adoption of trident -- NATO modernization plans, SDI, and the end of the Cold War -- Trident replacement/renewal: from 'new labour' to the coalition government -- Appendices: 1. British nuclear weapons, 1945-present -- 2. US nuclear weapons supplied to the UK, 1945-present -- 3. Strategic strike planning by bomber command, 1962 -- 4. Nuclear targeting (1972) -- 5. United States/United Kingdom agreements in the military nuclear field -- 6. Brief for the chief of the air staff, 1981 -- 7. Anglo-American understandings on nuclear release procedures: president-prime minister correspondence -- 8. Main committees dealing with nuclear weapons issues in the 1940s and 1950s. 330 8 $aBased on a detailed analysis of archives and high level interviews this book looks at the role of beliefs, culture and identity in the making of British nuclear policy from 1945 through to the present day. 606 $aNuclear weapons$xGovernment policy$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory, Military$y20th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1945- 608 $aHistory.$2fast 608 $aMilitary history.$2fast 615 0$aNuclear weapons$xGovernment policy 676 $a355.8251190941 700 $aBaylis$b John$f1946-$0285736 702 $aStoddart$b Kristan 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157840703321 996 $aThe British nuclear experience$92837027 997 $aUNINA