Facing down the Soviet Union : Britain, the USA, NATO and nuclear weapons, 1976-1983 /

Facing down the Soviet Union : Britain, the USA, NATO and nuclear weapons, 1976-1983 /

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Facing Down the Soviet Union reveals for the first time the historic deliberations regarding the Chevaline upgrade to Britain's Polaris force, the decisions to procure the Trident C-4 and then D-5 system from the Americans in 1980 and 1982. It also details the highly controversial decision to b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stoddart, Kristan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Subjects:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Fleet ballistic missile weapons systems > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
HISTORY > Military > Nuclear Warfare.
HISTORY > Military > United States.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Great Britain > Military policy.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1945-

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Call Number: U264.5.G7 S75 2014
 
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