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.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Corbett, Andrew
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2022.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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