Nuclear Weapons and British Strategic Planning, 1955-1958

by Martin S. Navias

During the 1950s nuclear weapons began to play an increasingly important role in Britain's defense policy. The development of thermonuclear bombs and assessments of the great destruction that would result from an exchange of nuclear warheads helped alter Britain's planning for war, and
influenced the structure and deployment of her armed forces. In this study, Martin Navias seeks to analyze the significance of the 1957 White Paper on Defense in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198277547
• ISBN13: 9780198277545
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 111.00 lbs.