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The sword and the shield :Britain, America, NATO and nuclear weapons, 1970-1976 /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The sword and the shield :Kristan Stoddart.
Reminder of title:	Britain, America, NATO and nuclear weapons, 1970-1976 /
Author:	Stoddart, Kristan,
Description:	1 online resource.
Subject:	Nuclear weaponsGovernment policyFrance.
Subject:	France.
Online resource:	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137313508
ISBN:	1137313501 (electronic bk.)

The sword and the shield :Britain, America, NATO and nuclear weapons, 1970-1976 /
Stoddart, Kristan,

The sword and the shield :Britain, America, NATO and nuclear weapons, 1970-1976 /Kristan Stoddart. - 1 online resource. - Nuclear weapons and international security since 1945. - Nuclear weapons and international security since 1945..

1. The Heath government and the Not So Special Relationship, 1970-1974 -- 2. The 'special nuclear relationship' under Heath, 1970-1974 -- 3. Britain, NATO's Evolving Military Doctrine and its Nuclear Planning Group: the Balance between the Sword and the Shield, 1970-1974 -- 4. National Strategy and Multilateral Priorities:British 'Tactical' Nuclear Operations, 1970-1974 -- 5. The Last Wilson Governments and Strategic Nuclear Deterrence, 1974-1976 -- 6. Nuclear Testing and the Practicalities of Moving Chevaline to Completion, 1974-1976 -- 7. Britain, America and NATO Modernisation, 1974-1976 -- 8. Tactical Nuclear Weapons, Operational Employment and Conventional Defence, 1974-1976 -- Conclusion.

"The Sword and the Shield" reveals for the first time declassified discussions that took place between the British, French and US governments for nuclear cooperation in the early to mid-1970s. In doing so, it sets the scene for the top secret upgrade to Britain's Polaris force, codenamed Chevaline, and how this could have brought down Harold Wilson's Labour government of 1974-1976. It also analyses the evolution of NATO strategy in this period into something that was capable of a flexible response to Warsaw Pact aggression - a response that, if enacted, could well have been apocalyptic.

ISBN: 1137313501 (electronic bk.)

Source: 509566Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.com

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016725103UkSubjects--Corporate Names:

175119
North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Subjects--Topical Terms:

688266
Nuclear weapons
--Government policy--France.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

685557
France.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: U264

Dewey Class. No.: 355.8/25119

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