The British nuclear experience : the roles of beliefs, culture and identity / / John Baylis and Kristan Stoddart [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Baylis John <1946-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 355.8251190941 |
Soggetto topico | Nuclear weapons - Government policy - Great Britain |
Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Military history |
ISBN | 0-19-177168-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910157840703321 |
Baylis John <1946-> | ||
Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina | 374.1200941 |
Soggetto topico |
Cold War
Deterrence (Strategy) Nuclear weapons - Government policy - Great Britain Intelligence service - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4411-8567-4
1-283-20547-5 9786613205476 1-4411-3433-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461559103321 |
London, England ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina | 374.1200941 |
Soggetto topico |
Cold War
Deterrence (Strategy) Nuclear weapons - Government policy - Great Britain Intelligence service - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-4411-8567-4
1-283-20547-5 9786613205476 1-4411-3433-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789669803321 |
London, England ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina | 374.1200941 |
Soggetto topico |
Cold War
Deterrence (Strategy) Nuclear weapons - Government policy - Great Britain Intelligence service - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-4411-8567-4
1-283-20547-5 9786613205476 1-4411-3433-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827511203321 |
London, England ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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