Nerve Agents in Postwar Britain

Nerve Agents in Postwar Britain

Deterrence, Publicity and Disarmament, 1945-1976

King, William

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

08/2021

290

Dura

Inglês

9783030704735

15 a 20 dias

524

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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.
Defence policy;Second World War;Cold War;Grass-roots activists;Defence officials;Chemical warfare;Anglo-American relations;Modern weaponry;Geneva Protocol;Antony Eden;Solly Zuckerman;Soviet Union