Britain's bomb : what next? / edited by Brian Wicker and Hugh Beach.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wicker, Brian, 1929-

Beach, Hugh, Sir, 1923-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons--Great Britain.

Nuclear weapons.

Trident (Weapons systems).

Nuclear arms control.

Great Britain.

Nuclear warfare--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Nuclear warfare.

Nuclear arms control--Great Britain.

Trident (Weapons systems)--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xii, 211 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : SCM Press, [2006]

Contents:

Should Trident be replaced? / Richard Harries

Disarmament versus peace / Julian Lewis

Nuclear weapons and morality: an unequivocal position / Douglas Roche

Can deterrence be just in the twenty-first century? / David Fisher

Is there a case for a British deterrent in the twenty-first century? / Brian Wicker

If our enemies have nuclear weapons, so must we / Oliver Kamm

Status symbol or weapon of war: what is Trident for? / Michael MccGwire

Britain and the bomb / Tim Garden

Turning the nuclear periscope: a view from over the channel / Tom Sauer

The bomb is not a holy weapon of peace! / Tony Kempster

What are we defending, against whom, with nuclear weapons? / Peter Jarman

Is there a military rationale for the UK retaining its nuclear weapons? / Hugh Beach

Non-proliferation and arms control aspects / Roland Smith.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-[212]).

ISBN:

0334040965

9780334040965

OCLC:

76970268