Sharing nuclear secrets : trust, mistrust, and ambiguity in Anglo-American nuclear relations since 1939

Sharing nuclear secrets : trust, mistrust, and ambiguity in Anglo-American nuclear relations since 1939 / John Baylis and Anthony Eames.

Sharing Nuclear Secrets is a comprehensive single-volume study of the Anglo-American nuclear relationship, illuminating both its fragility and durability.

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Main Authors: Baylis, John, 1946- (Author), Eames, Anthony M., 1988- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Nuclear weapons > Great Britain > History.
Nuclear weapons > United States > History.
Deterrence (Strategy) > History.
Deterrence (Strategy)
Diplomatic relations
Nuclear weapons
Warfare & defence.
Warfare and Defence.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Wartime Period, 1939-45: Laying the Foundations
  • 3. Breakdown and Renewal, 1945-52
  • 4. Progress and Suspicions, 1952-6
  • 5. Rebuilding Nuclear Trust, 1956-8
  • 6. Nuclear Trust Challenged, 1958-63
  • 7. 'Independent' Deterrence, the MLF, and the Future of Polaris, 1963-9
  • 8. Polaris Improvement: Realism, (Dis)unity, and Détente, 1969-74
  • 9. Evolving Deterrence Requirements: Chevaline, SALT II, and European Security, 1974-9
  • 10. Trident and the Death of Détente, 1979-82
  • 11. Alliance Nuclear Modernization and SDI Dilemmas, 1982-9
  • 12. After the Cold War: Special Still More, 1990-2016
  • 13. Continuities and 'Pebbles in the Shoe', 2016-23
  • 14. Conclusion
  • Appendix: The Institutionalisation of Anglo-American Nuclear Cooperation.

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