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Planning Armageddon: Britain, the United States and the Command of Western Nuclear Forces, 1945-1964 de Len Scott

Planning Armageddon: Britain, the United States and the Command of Western Nuclear Forces, 1945-1964: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine

Autor Len Scott, Dr Stephen Robert Twigge, Stephen Twigge
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 9 mar 2000
Planning Armageddon provides the first detailed account of Britain's Command, Control, Intelligence and Communications infrastructure. A central theme of the book is the British-American atomic relationship and its implications for NATO strategy. Based on the recollections of officials and military officers in both Britain and the United States and employing recently declassified government documents, Planning Armageddon presents a systematic analysis of British involvement in nuclear planning from Hiroshima to the development of Polaris. At the same time, it provides an important examination of the operational weaknesses of the British nuclear deterrent and the potential hazards presented by unwarranted secrecy.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789058230065
ISBN-10: 9058230066
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate

Recenzii

(This book) is both a fascinating and frightening history of how many good and able people struggled with exceptional risk and the most demanding and highly complex intellectual and practical issues to prevent Armageddon. How close was it?

'At long last Twigge and Scott have taken a major step towards meeting the requirement for a comprehensive history and analysis of British nuclear weapons operations in the Cold War era...Using rigorous scholarship, access to recently released documents, and interviews with some of those involved in the key decisions, Twigge and Scott have put together a richly textured and detailed study of Britain's early attempts to manage and operate its nuclear weapons.'

Cuprins

1. Introduction 2. The Atomic Bomb and the Command and Control of Western Nuclear Forces 1945-1953 3. National Control 1953-1964 4. Bilateral Control 1953-1964 5. Alliance Control 1953-1964 6. Defence Communications 1945-1964 7. Atomic Intelligence: Operations and Estimates 1945-1964 8. Tactical Early Warning Intelligence 1945-1964 9. Conclusion

Notă biografică

Stephen Twigge European Studies Research Institute University of Salford, England and Len Scott University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales

Descriere

This unique volume provides the first detailed account of Britain's Command, Control, Comunications and Intelligence infrastructure, focusing on the British-American atomic relation- ship and its implications for NATO strategy.