High Stakes
Britain's Air Arms in Action, 1945-1990
Published on 15. October 2008
320 pages
978-1-78383-561-4 (ISBN)
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After the dust of World War II had settled, the military position of the UK was far from straightforward. It was of course allied to the USA and part of NATO, but it was at odds with the former in maintaining an Empire and the two nations also had competing oil interests in the Middle East. The UK's engagement in war after 1945 was thus a strange mixture ranging from homeland security through insular actions within the colonies or protectorates to preserve empire - to playing a major role in confronting the USSR. The types of active involvement of the RAF, Fleet Air Arm and Army Air Corps between 1945 and 1995 include the following, with examples.Maintaining Local Stability - Greece, Netherlands East Indies. Maintaining Empire - Malaya, Kenya. Defending Empire - Borneo. Defending Interests - Suez, Kuwait. Homeland Security - Northern Ireland, air defence. Confrontation - Berlin Airlift, Korea. Covert Action - Albania, strategic reconnaissance. Humanitarian and Peacekeeping- Jordan, Cyprus. Development of Deterrent - Bombs, bombers and missiles.
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Content
- Cover
- Half Title
- Dedication
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Prologue
- Introduction British Military Air Power and the Cold War, 1945-90
- Chapter 1 The Immediate Post-War 'Colonial' Conflicts
- 1.1 The Greek Civil War, 1944-9
- 1.2 Indo-China and Siam, 1945-6
- 1.3 Netherlands East Indies, 1945-6
- 1.4 Palestine, 1945-8
- 1.5 Southern Arabia, 1945-50
- 1.6 Somaliland, 1947-50
- 1.7 North-West Frontier of Pakistan, 1947
- Chapter 2 Confrontation (1) - Ideological
- 2.1 Iran and Turkey, 1946
- 2.2 The Berlin Airlift, 1948-9
- 2.3 Albania, Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic States, 1949-54
- 2.4 Korea, 1950-53
- 2.5 Hong Kong, 1948-97
- 2.6 The Berlin Wall Crisis, 1961-2
- 2.7 The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
- 2.8 Berlin Spying, 1953-89
- Chapter 3 Colonial Conflicts in the 1950s
- 3.1 Eritrea, 1950-2
- 3.2 Cyprus, 1955-9
- 3.3 Egypt, 1951-6
- 3.4 Kenya, 1952-6
- 3.5 Sudan, 1955
- 3.6 The Maldives, 1959-75
- 3.7 Malaya, 1948-60
- Chapter 4 The Airborne Nuclear Deterrent
- 4.1 The British Strategic Nuclear Bomber Force
- 4.2 Strategic Guided Missiles
- 4.3 Nuclear Bombs and Warheads, and Independence
- 4.4 Defence of the Nuclear Deterrent
- 4.5 Photo-reconnaissance and the Black Arts
- Chapter 5 The Middle East, 1950s and 1960s
- 5.1 Southern Arabia (Aden and Radfan), 1950-67
- 5.2 Oman, 1952-9
- 5.3 Suez, 1956
- 5.4 Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq, 1958
- 5.5 Kuwait, 1961
- 5.6 Dhofar, 1965-75
- Chapter 6 Humanitarian Aid, Peacekeeping and Conflict Avoidance
- 6.1 Humanitarian Aid and Peacekeeping, 1940s
- 6.2 Humanitarian Aid and Peacekeeping, 1950s
- 6.3 Humanitarian Aid and Peacekeeping, 1960s
- 6.4 Humanitarian Aid and Peacekeeping, 1970s
- 6.5 Humanitarian Aid and Peacekeeping, 1980s
- 6.6 Search and Rescue
- Chapter 7 Confrontation (2) - Territorial
- 7.1 Laos and Thailand, 1962
- 7.2 Confrontation over Borneo, 1962-6
- 7.3 Somalia and Kenya, 1963-7
- 7.4 East African Mutinies, 1964
- 7.5 Rhodesia, 1965-80
- 7.6 Belize, 1975-94
- 7.7 Falkland Islands/Malvinas, 1982
- 7.8 Paracels, 1988
- Chapter 8 Homeland Security
- 8.1 Strike Breaking, 1955
- 8.2 SS Queen Elizabeth 2, 1972
- 8.3 Cod Wars 1958-61, 1972-3, 1975-6
- 8.4 Northern Ireland, 1969-2007
- 8.5 Fisheries, Rig Protection and Maritime Defence
- Chapter 9 The Middle East in the 1980s
- 9.1 Lebanon, 1983-4
- 9.2 Libyan Strikes from UK Airbases, 1986
- 9.3 The First Gulf War, 1987-88
- 9.4 The Second Gulf War, 1990-91
- Epilogue
- Appendix A: Aircraft Descriptions
- Appendix B: Operations, Projects and Exercises
- Bibliography
