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Author:   John Baylis (Emeritus Professor, Emeritus Professor) ,  Kristan Stoddart (Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Aberystwyth University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.634kg
ISBN:  

9780198702023

ISBN 10:   0198702027
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   18 December 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1: The Emergence of a Deterrence 'Habit of Mind' 2: The Chiefs of Staff, Nuclear Weapons and Global Strategy 3: From Atomic Weapons to Thermonuclear Weapons 4: Forging the 'Special' Anglo-American Nuclear Relationship 5: Polaris, Independence and Interdependence 6: The Polaris Improvement Programme and Chevaline 7: The Polaris Replacement Debate under Labour 8: The Adoption of Trident 9: NATO Modernization Plans, SDI and the End of the Cold War 10: Trident Replacement/Renewal: From 'New Labour' to the Coalition Government Conclusion

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Anyone wishing to understand the United Kingdom's seven-decades-old relationship with nuclear weapons...should start with this excellent new book by leading British scholars John Baylis and Kristan Stoddart. The British Nuclear Experience provides a fascinating and highly accessible narrative of the somewhat peculiar story of both the day-to-day dynamics and the broader evolution of nuclear thinking and policy in the United Kingdom. Andrew Futter, H-Diplo Baylis and Stoddart, in their jointly authored book, provide a much needed update to Lawrence Freedmans classic Britain and nuclear weapons (Macmillan, 1980), filling in the most recent 35 years. Andrew Dorman, Kings College London, Conflict, security and defence Meticulously reconstructed from once top secret documents, this is a brilliantly analysed case-study of strategic culture, decision-making processes and bureaucratic politics. It should be on every IR or Public Policy reading list! Prof D.B.G Heuser, Department of Politics & IR, University of Reading Britain was one of the founders of the nuclear club and is still an active member. John Baylis and Kristan Stoddart provide a unique and comprehensive history of why and how the country retained its nuclear status, drawing attention to the importance of a deterrence habit of mind . Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, FBA, Professor of War Studies, Kings College London Nuclear weapons policy-making runs like an irradiated thread throughout the history of Britain since 1940. There are no more skilful unearthers of that thread than John Baylis and Kristan Stoddart. Professor Lord Peter Hennessy FBA, Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History, Queen Mary, University of London Meticulously reconstructed from once top secret documents, this is a brilliantly analysed case-study of strategic culture, decision-making processes and bureaucratic politics. It should be on every IR or Public Policy reading list! Prof D.B.G Heuser, Department of Politics & IR, University of Reading

Baylis and Stoddart, in their jointly authored book, provide a much needed update to Lawrence Freedmans classic Britain and nuclear weapons (Macmillan, 1980), filling in the most recent 35 years. Andrew Dorman, Kings College London, Conflict, security and defence Meticulously reconstructed from once top secret documents, this is a brilliantly analysed case-study of strategic culture, decision-making processes and bureaucratic politics. It should be on every IR or Public Policy reading list! Prof D.B.G Heuser, Department of Politics & IR, University of Reading Britain was one of the founders of the nuclear club and is still an active member. John Baylis and Kristan Stoddart provide a unique and comprehensive history of why and how the country retained its nuclear status, drawing attention to the importance of a deterrence habit of mind . Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, FBA, Professor of War Studies, Kings College London Nuclear weapons policy-making runs like an irradiated thread throughout the history of Britain since 1940. There are no more skilful unearthers of that thread than John Baylis and Kristan Stoddart. Professor Lord Peter Hennessy FBA, Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History, Queen Mary, University of London Meticulously reconstructed from once top secret documents, this is a brilliantly analysed case-study of strategic culture, decision-making processes and bureaucratic politics. It should be on every IR or Public Policy reading list! Prof D.B.G Heuser, Department of Politics & IR, University of Reading

Meticulously reconstructed from once top secret documents, this is a brilliantly analysed case-study of strategic culture, decision-making processes and bureaucratic politics. It should be on every IR or Public Policy reading list! Prof D.B.G Heuser, Department of Politics & IR, University of Reading Britain was one of the founders of the nuclear club and is still an active member. John Baylis and Kristan Stoddart provide a unique and comprehensive history of why and how the country retained its nuclear status, drawing attention to the importance of a deterrence habit of mind . Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, FBA, Professor of War Studies, Kings College London Nuclear weapons policy-making runs like an irradiated thread throughout the history of Britain since 1940. There are no more skilful unearthers of that thread than John Baylis and Kristan Stoddart. Professor Lord Peter Hennessy FBA, Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History, Queen Mary, University of London Meticulously reconstructed from once top secret documents, this is a brilliantly analysed case-study of strategic culture, decision-making processes and bureaucratic politics. It should be on every IR or Public Policy reading list! Prof D.B.G Heuser, Department of Politics & IR, University of Reading

Nuclear weapons policy-making runs like an irradiated thread throughout the history of Britain since 1940. There are no more skilful unearthers of that thread than John Baylis and Kristan Stoddart. Professor Lord Peter Hennessy FBA, Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History, Queen Mary, University of London Meticulously reconstructed from once top secret documents, this is a brilliantly analysed case-study of strategic culture, decision-making processes and bureaucratic politics. It should be on every IR or Public Policy reading list! Prof D.B.G Heuser, Department of Politics & IR, University of Reading

Anyone wishing to understand the United Kingdom's seven-decades-old relationship with nuclear weapons...should start with this excellent new book by leading British scholars John Baylis and Kristan Stoddart. The British Nuclear Experience provides a fascinating and highly accessible narrative of the somewhat peculiar story of both the day-to-day dynamics and the broader evolution of nuclear thinking and policy in the United Kingdom. * Andrew Futter, H-Diplo * Baylis and Stoddart, in their jointly authored book, provide a much needed update to Lawrence Freedmans classic Britain and nuclear weapons (Macmillan, 1980), filling in the most recent 35 years. * Andrew Dorman, Kings College London, Conflict, security and defence * Meticulously reconstructed from once top secret documents, this is a brilliantly analysed case-study of strategic culture, decision-making processes and bureaucratic politics. It should be on every IR or Public Policy reading list! * Prof D.B.G Heuser, Department of Politics & IR, University of Reading * Britain was one of the founders of the nuclear club and is still an active member. John Baylis and Kristan Stoddart provide a unique and comprehensive history of why and how the country retained its nuclear status, drawing attention to the importance of a deterrence habit of mind . * Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, FBA, Professor of War Studies, Kings College London * Nuclear weapons policy-making runs like an irradiated thread throughout the history of Britain since 1940. There are no more skilful unearthers of that thread than John Baylis and Kristan Stoddart. * Professor Lord Peter Hennessy FBA, Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History, Queen Mary, University of London * Meticulously reconstructed from once top secret documents, this is a brilliantly analysed case-study of strategic culture, decision-making processes and bureaucratic politics. It should be on every IR or Public Policy reading list! * Prof D.B.G Heuser, Department of Politics & IR, University of Reading *

Author Information

John Baylis is Emeritus Professor at Swansea University, where he was a Pro-Vice Chancellor. During the course of a distinguished career he has published a number of influential volumes, including Ambiguity and Deterrence: British Nuclear Strategy 1945-196 , Alternative Nuclear Futures: The Role of Nuclear Weapons in the Post-Cold-War Era (edited with R O'Neill), The Globalization of World Politics (edited with S Smith and P Owens, fifth edition) and Strategy in the Contemporary World (edited with J Wirtz and C Gray, fourth edition). Kristan Stoddart is Senior Lecturer in International Politics at Aberystwyth University. His publications include Losing an Empire and Finding a Role?, Britain, the United States, NATO, and Nuclear Weapons 1964-1970, and The Sword and the Shield: Britain, the United States, NATO, and Nuclear Weapons 1970-1976.

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