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Author Baylis, John, 1946-

Title Ambiguity and deterrence : British nuclear strategy, 1945-1964 / John Baylis
Published Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 1995

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 W'PONDS  355.02170941 Bay/Aat  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 495 pages ; 23 cm
Series Nuclear history program ; 4
Nuclear history program (Series) ; 4
Contents 1. The Development of a Deterrence Frame of Mind 1945-1947 -- 2. Nuclear Planning in a Vacuum 1948-1949 -- 3. Strategic Dilemmas 1950-1951 -- 4. The 1952 Global Strategy Paper: Continuity and Change -- 5. The Radical Review and Inter-service Rivalries 1953-1954 -- 6. Thermonuclear Weapons and British Strategy 1954-1955 -- 7. Eden and the Policy of Strategic Expediency 1955-1956 -- 8. Independence and Interdependence 1957-1958 -- 9. Technological Change and Strategic Uncertainty 1959-1962 -- 10. The Impact of Nassau on British Nuclear Strategy 1963-1964 -- App. 1. The Influence of the Atomic Bomb on War (2 Sept. 1945) -- App. 2. Letter from Mr Attlee to President Truman, 25 September 1945 -- App. 3. Future Defence Policy: Report by the Chiefs of Staff (May 1947) -- App. 4. Chiefs of Staff Committee: Digest of Plan 'Speedway' (16 Dec. 1948) -- App. 5. Defence Policy and Global Strategy: Report by the Chiefs of Staff (7 June 1950)
App. 6. Defence Policy and Global Strategy: Report by the Chiefs of Staff (17 June 1952) -- App. 7. Chiefs of Staff Committee/Air Defence Committee Working Party: The Trend of War (14 July 1954) -- App. 8. Chiefs of Staff Committee/Air Defence Committee Working Party: Future Air Defence of the United Kingdom 1960-1970 (23 July 1954) -- App. 9. Chiefs of Staff Committee/Joint Planning Staff: Long Term Defence Programme (4 Oct. 1955) -- App. 10. Defence: Outline of Future Policy (Apr. 1957) -- App. 11. Chiefs of Staff Committee: Co-ordination of Anglo/American Nuclear Strike Plans (5 June 1958) -- App. 12. Strategic Strike Planning by Bomber Command (5 Oct. 1962) -- App. 13. Chiefs of Staff Committee/Joint Planning Staff: US and UK Studies of the Use of Tactical Nuclear Weapons (15 Aug. 1963)
Analysis Great Britain
Nuclear weapons Policies Of Government History
Great Britain
Nuclear weapons Policies Of Government History
Notes Chronology: p. [449]-460
Bibliography Includes bibliograhical references (pages [465]-485) and index
Subject Deterrence (Strategy)
Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History.
Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Great Britain.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-1964. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056921
LC no. 95030526
ISBN 0198280122 (acid-free paper)