British Origins of Nuclear Strategy, 1945-1955

Name: British Origins of Nuclear Strategy, 1945-1955
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ISBN: 9780198275411

ISBN-10: 0198275412

ISBN-13: 9780198275411

Edition: 1989

Authors: Ian Clark, Nicholas J. Wheeler

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Why did Britain decide in 1947 to build an atomic bomb? What military plans were there for using it? This neglected dimension of British nuclear policy is assessed in detail for the first time, using confidential records - including those of the Chiefs of Staff - which have become available for the entire post-war decade. The emergence and evolution of British strategic ideas about nuclear deterrence and targeting are documented and analysed by Ian Clark and Nicholas J. Wheeler, who also argue that British thinking was distinctive and made a much more substantial impact on nuclear strategy than American accounts would suggest. They reveal that, from a perspective unique to British…

Book details

List price: $220.00
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/13/1989
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction


Britain's strategic legacy


Atomic decisions and threat assessment


British origins of nuclear deterrence 1945-6


The doctrine of damage limitation 1946-9


Operational planning and Anglo-American strategic co-ordination 1945-50


Korea and Anglo-American nuclear strategy 1950-2


The global strategy paper and the United States `New Look' Mass destruction, nuclear war-fighting and delivery systems 1953-5


The hydrogen bomb and deterrence in concert 1954-5


Conclusion