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The Sword and the Shield : Britain, America, NATO and Nuclear Weapons, 1970-1976 / by Kristan Stoddart.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stoddart, Kristan, Author.
- Series:
- Nuclear Weapons and International Security since 1945, 2947-6712
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military history.
- Europe--History.
- Europe.
- America--History.
- America.
- History, Modern.
- Military History.
- European History.
- History of the Americas.
- Modern History.
- Local Subjects:
- Military History.
- European History.
- History of the Americas.
- Modern History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (345 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Summary:
- Kristan Stoddart reveals for the first time discussions that took place between the British, French and US governments for nuclear cooperation in the early to mid 1970s. In doing so it sets the scene for the upgrade to Britain's Polaris force codenamed Chevaline and how this could have brought down Harold Wilson's Labour government of 1974-1976.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230300934
- 0230300936
- 9781137313508
- 1137313501
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