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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Corbett, Andrew
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Nuclear weapons > Great Britain > History.
Deterrence (Strategy)
Nuclear weapons > Government policy > Great Britain > History.
Dissuasion (Stratégie)
Armes nucléaires > Politique gouvernementale > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy.
Nuclear weapons.
Military policy.
Great Britain > Military policy.
Great Britain.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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