Facing Down the Soviet Union : Britain, the USA, NATO and Nuclear Weapons, 1976-1983 / / by Kristan Stoddart
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| Autore: |
Stoddart Kristan
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| Titolo: |
Facing Down the Soviet Union : Britain, the USA, NATO and Nuclear Weapons, 1976-1983 / / by Kristan Stoddart
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2014. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 355.02/170941 |
| Soggetto topico: | Politics and war |
| Great Britain—History | |
| Military history | |
| World politics | |
| Political science | |
| History, Modern | |
| Military and Defence Studies | |
| History of Britain and Ireland | |
| History of Military | |
| Political History | |
| Political Science | |
| Modern History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain Military policy |
| Great Britain Foreign relations Soviet Union | |
| Soviet Union Foreign relations Great Britain | |
| Great Britain Foreign relations United States | |
| United States Foreign relations Great Britain | |
| Great Britain Politics and government 1945- | |
| Classificazione: | HIS015000HIS027030HIS027110HIS032000HIS037070 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The British Labour Government and the Development of Chevaline, 1976-1979; 2 The Callaghan Government and Polaris Replacement 1976-1979: The Duff-Mason Report; 3 Britain, the US and NATO LRTNF Modernisation, 1976-1979; 4 'Gone Bananas' - The Conservative Government and Chevaline, 1979-1983; 5 Mrs Thatcher and the Trident C-4 Decision; 6 Follow-on Negotiations for Trident C-4; 7 Mrs Thatcher, MISC 7 and the Trident II D-5 Decision |
| 8 Creating the 'Seamless Robe of Deterrence': Great Britain's Role in NATO's INF DebateConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Facing Down the Soviet Union reveals for the first time the historic deliberations regarding the Chevaline upgrade to Britain's Polaris force, the decisions to procure the Trident C-4 and then D-5 system from the Americans in 1980 and 1982. It also details the decision to base Ground Launched Cruise Missiles in the UK in 1983. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Facing Down the Soviet Union |
| ISBN: | 1-349-49443-7 |
| 1-137-44032-5 | |
| 1-137-44033-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910156231103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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