British Nuclear Weapons and the Test Ban 1954-1973
Britain, the United States, Weapons Policies and Nuclear Testing: Tensions and Contradictions
In 1962 Dean Acheson famously described Britain as having lost an Empire but not yet found a role. Perhaps nowhere is this more apparent than in the realms of nuclear weapons. An increasingly marginal world power, successive post-war British governments felt that an independent nuclear deterrent was essential if the country was to remain at the top table of world diplomacy. Focusing on a key twenty-year period, this study explores Britain's role in efforts to bring about a nuclear test ban treaty between 1954 and 1973. Taking a broadly chronological approach, it examines the nature of defence planning, the scientific goals that nuclear test…
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- ISBN: 978-1-317-17170-6
- EAN: 9781317171706
- Produktnummer: 20177557
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 406 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 5'711 KB
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Dr John Walker works in the Arms Control and Disarmament Research Unit, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK.
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