Supreme emergency : How Britain lives with the Bomb

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An insider's view of the development of the UK nuclear deterrent which suggests that an aversion to the moral issues associated with civilian casualties has led to an enduring Government reticence on nuclear deterrence policy.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Corbett, Andrew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Deterrence (Strategy)
Military policy.
Nuclear weapons.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy.
Armes nucleaires > Politique gouvernementale > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Dissuasion (Strategie)
Nuclear weapons > Government policy > Great Britain > History.
Nuclear weapons > Great Britain > History.
Great Britain.
Great Britain > Military policy.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction: an insider's view -- 1. 'The War Game', a case study -- 2. Government, public and total war (1915-40) -- 3. Government, public and total war (1940-45) -- 4. From the Second World War to continuous at-sea deterrence -- 5. The Polaris replacement decision -- 6. Ethical considerations and wicked issues -- 7. British nuclear deterrence in the twenty-first century -- Conclusion: dirty hands and the supreme emergency -- Index 
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