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Nerve Agents in Postwar Britain: Deterrence, Publicity and Disarmament, 1945–1976: Britain and the World

Autor William King
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This book reveals the nature and level of British engagement with controversial and lethal nerve agent weapons from the end of the Second World War to Britain’s submission of a draft Chemical Weapons Convention. At the very heart of this highly secretive aspect of British defence policy were fundamental questions over whether Britain should acquire nerve agent weapons for potential first-use against the Soviet Union, retain them purely for their deterrence value, or drive for either unilateral or international chemical weapons disarmament. These considerations and concerns over nerve agent weapons were not limited to low-level defence committees, nor were they consigned to the periphery, but featured prominently at the highest levels of the British government and defence planning. Importantly, and despite stringent secrecy, the book further uncovers how public scrutiny and protest movements played a substantial and successful part in influencing policy and attitudes towards nerve agent weapons. 


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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783030704735
ISBN-10: 3030704734
Pagini: 334
Ilustrații: XIII, 290 p. 1 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2021
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria Britain and the World

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. British Defence Policy and the Nerve Agents in Postwar Britain, 1945–1950.-Chapter 3. A Step Too Far: The Nerve Agents and the Global Strategy Paper, 1951–1953.- Chapter 4. Drift, Decline, and a Stubborn Prime Minister, 1954–1957.- Chapter 5. Another Reverse Course: From Dependence to Acquisition, 1958–1963.- Chapter 6. A ‘Secret Deterrent’ and a ‘Campaign of Criticism’, 1964–1969.- Chapter 7. From the CS Debacle to the Rise of CW disarmament, 1970–1976.- Chapter 8. Conclusion: From Discovery to Disarmament.

Notă biografică

William King is a Research Fellow at the German Historical Institute London, UK. 
 

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Nerve agents in Postwar Britain presents a fascinating history of the twists and turns of the UK’s policy on chemical weapons.”
—Hassan Elbahtimy, Senior Lecturer, War Studies Department, King's College London, UK
“This is a compelling story. The archives King has analysed show British ministers and officials in frequent discomfort, torn between military secrecy and public scrutiny, never sure what nerve agent capabilities the other side held or how best to deter their use in war.”
—Nicholas Sims, Emeritus Reader in International Relations, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
"King’s thoroughly researched and ground-breaking account charts the development of nerve agent policy in the UK from 1945 to 1976. His work not only fills a significant gap in the history of chemical warfare, but will be invaluable for understanding UK Cold War defence policy more generally."
—Brian Balmer, Professor of Science Policy Studies, Department of Science & Technology Studies, University College London, UK
This book reveals the nature and level of British engagement with controversial and lethal nerve agent weapons from the end of the Second World War to Britain’s submission of a draft Chemical Weapons Convention. At the very heart of this highly secretive aspect of British defence policy were fundamental questions over whether Britain should acquire nerve agent weapons for potential first-use against the Soviet Union, retain them purely for their deterrence value, or drive for either unilateral or international chemical weapons disarmament. These considerations and concerns over nerve agent weapons were not limited to low-level defence committees, nor were they consigned to the periphery, but featured prominently at the highest levels of the British government and defence planning. Importantly, and despite stringent secrecy, the book further uncovers how public scrutiny and protest movementsplayed a substantial and successful part in influencing policy and attitudes towards nerve agent weapons. 
William King is a Research Fellow at the German Historical Institute London, UK. 
 


Caracteristici

Explores the controversy over the role and place of nerve agent weapons in the three decades after World War II Reveals both closed-door debates between officials and politicians, as well as public scrutiny Situates this engagement with nerve agent weapons within a broader framework of British politics and defence policy during the Cold War