Britain, NATO and Nuclear Weapons
Alternative Defence Versus Alliance Reform
Published on 13. January 1989
XII, 374 pages
978-1-349-19667-8 (ISBN)
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An examination of nuclear arms control and defence containing papers that present opposing sides of the debate. Nuclear deterrence, Britain's defence budget, the state of Anglo-American relations, NATO strategies and Mr Gorbachev's security arrangements in Europe proposals are discussed.
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Ken Booth | John Baylis
Britain, N.A.T.O. and Nuclear Weapons
Alternative Defence Versus Alliance Reform
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01/1989
Palgrave Macmillan
€52.71
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Part 1 Alternative defence, Ken Booth: a debate to be won; what is wrong with Britain's existing defence policy?; towards a stable peace; towards a non-provocative defence policy; criticisms of a non-nuclear defence policy. Part 2 Alliance reform, John Baylis: nuclear deterrence and the preservation of peace; how valid are the criticisms of nuclear deterrence?; the political problems of non-nuclear strategies; the military problems of non-nuclear strategies; towards a new strategic concept for NATO; towards a broader conception of security.
