Matthew Jones

The Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent (eBook, PDF)

Volume II: The Labour Government and the Polaris Programme, 1964-1970

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Produktbeschreibung

Volume II of The Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent provides an authoritative and in-depth examination of the British Government's strategy towards nuclear deterrent from 1964 to 1970. Written with full access to the UK documentary record, Volume II examines the nuclear policy of the Labour Government that took office in October 1964. Having decided to preserve the Polaris programme, ministers were nevertheless committed not to develop another generation of nuclear weapons beyond those in the pipeline, placing major questions over the long-term future of the nuclear programme and collaboration with the United States. This book will be of much interest to students of British politics, nuclear proliferation and international relations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 582
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351755283
• Artikelnr.: 48417173

Autorenporträt

Matthew Jones is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, and author of, amongst other books, After Hiroshima: The United States, Race, and Nuclear Weapons in Asia, 1945-1965 (2010).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The making of a deterrent force, August 1945-November 1957
2. The rise of ballistic missile defence
3. In the shadow of Sputnik: The nuclear sufficiency debate and the
restoration of Anglo-American nuclear collaboration, March 1957-February
1959
4. Breaking the impasse? Polaris and deterrent policy, February 1959-March
1960
5. The future nuclear programme and the cancellation of Blue Streak,
December 1959-April 1960
6. Skybolt, Polaris and the control of Western nuclear forces, March
1960-May 1961
7. An arms race intensifies: ABM defence, nuclear testing, and the criteria
of deterrence, January 1961-January 1962
8. Revising the criteria, January-May 1962
9. The prelude to Nassau, June-December 1962
10. Securing Polaris: The Nassau negotiations, December 1962 - January 1963
11. The path to the Polaris Sales Agreement, January - April 1963
12. The origins of a Polaris improvement programme: HR 169 and the
emergence of the Moscow ABM system
13. The MLF, the size of the Polaris force, and the approach of the general
election, May 1963 - October 1964