Overview

By utilising the latest research, readers will be given a complete picture of the way Britain fought the Cold War, moving the focus away from the now familiar crises of Suez and Cuba and onto the themes that underpinned the British war strategy. Intelligence, civil defence and nuclear diplomacy are all examined within the context of modern British history at a time of national decline. There is a growing interest in the contexts of the Cold War and this collection will establish itself as the leading volume on the UK's wartime strategy.

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Author:   Dr Matthew Grant
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Hambledon Continuum
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.485kg
ISBN:  

9781847252296

ISBN 10:   184725229
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   29 October 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Foreword - Peter Hennessy / Introduction - Matthew Grant / Part One: The Bomb / 1.British nuclear strategy during the Cold War - Kristan Stoddart / 2.Disarmament and non-proliferation - Stephen Twigge / 3.Civil defence and the nuclear deterrent - Matthew Grant / Part Two: Diplomacy / 4.A coalition of 'compromise and barter':Britain and West Germany in the Cold War 1945-75 - R. Gerald Hughes / 5.Transformation and tradition: Anglo-French nuclear co-operation and Britain's policy towards the European Community 1960-1974 - Helen Parr / 6.Transatlantic nuclear co-operation: the British perspective 1945-1991 - Melissa Pine / Part Three: Intelligence / 7.The British way in intelligence - Michael S. Goodman / 8.British intelligence and threats to British national security after the Second World War - Calder Walton / 9.British intelligence, Soviet missile defence and the British nuclear deterrent - Catherine Haddon / 10.The British way of economic intelligence - Pete Davies / Notes on contributors.

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<p> Grant presents 10 articles exploring the history of British statecraft during the Cold War. Contributors first discuss issues of nuclear weapons, examining British nuclear strategy, disarmament and non-proliferation policy, and civil defense policy. The focus then turns to diplomacy, broadly defined, in chapters that look at British-West German relations, Anglo-French nuclear cooperation and British policy towards the European Community, and transatlantic nuclear cooperation. The final major theme of the volume is intelligence, which is examined in terms of perceived threats to national security, Soviet missile defense and the British nuclear deterrent, and British economic intelligence activities. -Eithne O'Leyne, BOOK NEWS, Inc.

Grant presents 10 articles exploring the history of British statecraft during the Cold War. Contributors first discuss issues of nuclear weapons, examining British nuclear strategy, disarmament and non-proliferation policy, and civil defense policy. The focus then turns to diplomacy, broadly defined, in chapters that look at British-West German relations, Anglo-French nuclear cooperation and British policy towards the European Community, and transatlantic nuclear cooperation. The final major theme of the volume is intelligence, which is examined in terms of perceived threats to national security, Soviet missile defense and the British nuclear deterrent, and British economic intelligence activities. -Eithne O'Leyne, BOOK NEWS, Inc.

Author Information

Dr Matthew Grant is based at the University of Sheffield. He has been researching aspects of the Cold War since 2000 and is a regular speaker on the subject at conferences around the UK.

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