Facing Down the Soviet Union Britain, the USA, NATO and Nuclear Weap

Facing Down the Soviet Union reveals for the first time the historic deliberations regarding the Chevaline upgrade to Britain's Polaris force, the decisions to procure the Trident C-4 and then D-5 system from the Americans in 1980 and 1982. It also detail

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Br i t ai n,t heUSA,NATOandNucl ear Weapons ,1976–1983

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Facing Down the Soviet Union

10.1057/9781137440334 - Facing Down the Soviet Union, Kristan Stoddart

10.1057/9781137440334 - Facing Down the Soviet Union, Kristan Stoddart

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Britain, the USA, NATO and Nuclear Weapons, 1976–1983 Kristan Stoddart Lecturer, Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, UK

10.1057/9781137440334 - Facing Down the Soviet Union, Kristan Stoddart

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Facing Down the Soviet Union

© Kristan Stoddart 2014 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission.

Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries ISBN: 978–1–137–44031–0 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Stoddart, Kristan. Facing down the Soviet Union : Britain, the USA, NATO and nuclear weapons, 1976-1983 / by Kristan Stoddart (lecturer at the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, UK). pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–1–137–44031–0 (hardback) 1. Nuclear weapons – Government policy – Great Britain – History – 20th century. 2. Fleet ballistic missile weapons systems – Great Britain – History – 20th century. 3. Great Britain – Military policy. 4. Great Britain – Foreign relations – Soviet Union. 5. Soviet Union – Foreign relations – Great Britain. 6. Great Britain – Foreign relations – United States. 7. United States – Foreign relations – Great Britain. 8. North Atlantic Treaty Organization – Great Britain – History – 20th century. 9. Great Britain – Po