Ken Booth, John Baylis

Britain, NATO and Nuclear Weapons

Alternative Defence Versus Alliance Reform

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-333-43404-8
• 1989.
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 1989
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 493g
• ISBN-13: 9780333434048
• ISBN-10: 0333434048
• Artikelnr.: 44398316

Inhaltsangabe

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.