Britain is an off-shore island of the US and Europe, prizing independence yet maintaining the strongest possible links with both. Based on many years in Whitehall and interviews with key military personnel and civil servants, General Sir William Jackson reveals the formation of British defence policy from the Suez fiasco of 1957 through to the Falklands campaign, the shifting strategic balances of the nuclear world and the decline of the communist system today. This is an authoritative, challenging insider's view of British defence policy, its development and future role.
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Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Illustrationen
12 b&w illustrations, 7 maps
Maße
Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-7134-5923-4 (9780713459234)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Whitehall market place; co-equal Anglo-American partnership 1945-56; offshore island of US 1956-70; Duncan Sandys' nuclear reformation 1957-59; Watkinson conventional counter reformation 1960-64; Healey's American period 1964-1966; Healey's European period 1967-1970; offshore island Europe; European option 1970-79; return to sea 1979-1983; searching for strategic balance 1983-1988; epilogue - Venice of the 21st century.
