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Losing an Empire and Finding a Role : Britain, the USA, NATO and Nuclear Weapons, 1964-70 / by K. Stoddart.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stoddart, Kristan.
- Series:
- Nuclear Weapons and International Security since 1945, 2947-6712
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World politics.
- Europe--Politics and government.
- Europe.
- Great Britain--History.
- Great Britain.
- History, Modern.
- Political science.
- Political History.
- European Politics.
- History of Britain and Ireland.
- Modern History.
- Political Science.
- Local Subjects:
- Political History.
- European Politics.
- History of Britain and Ireland.
- Modern History.
- Political Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (344 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2012.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book sheds fresh light on developments in British nuclear weapons policy between October 1964, when the Labour Party came back into power under Harold Wilson following a thirteen year absence, and June 1970 when the Conservative government of Edward Heath was elected.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editor's Introduction; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Labour Government: The Inheritance of Polaris and Anglo-US Nuclear Relations, 1964-1966; 2 The Labour Government and UK/US Responses to Soviet Anti-Ballistic Missiles, 1964-1966; 3 Britain, the United States and the Reform of NATO Strategy, 1964-1966; 4 Britain, America and Allied Tactical Nuclear Weapons Planning, 1964-1966; 5 The Second Wilson Government and the Maintenance of Polaris, 1966-1970; 6 ABM Systems and Arms Control, 1966-1970
- 7 NATO and Flexible Response, 1966-19708 Britain, America and Allied Tactical Nuclear Operations, 1966-1970; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613612816
- 9781280583032
- 1280583037
- 9780230369252
- 0230369251
- OCLC:
- 783812830
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