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Independence and Deterrence: Volume 2: Policy Execution (Britain and Atomic Energy, 1945-1952)
Lorna Arnold
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Description for Independence and Deterrence: Volume 2: Policy Execution (Britain and Atomic Energy, 1945-1952)
Hardcover. Num Pages: 573 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 40. Weight in Grams: 938.
Independence and Deterrence , commissioned by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, continues the story of Britain's atomic project begun in Britain and Atomic Energy 1939-1945 , and covers the years from 1945 to the first British bomb test at the end of 1952. Volume 1 studies policy making at the highest levels - the strategic, political and international considerations, the administrative and constitutional machinery. It shows how and why Britain decided to make atomic bombs and follows traumatic negotiations for Anglo-American atomic collaboration and their effect on Britain's relations with Europe and the Commonwealth. There is important material on ... Read more
Independence and Deterrence , commissioned by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, continues the story of Britain's atomic project begun in Britain and Atomic Energy 1939-1945 , and covers the years from 1945 to the first British bomb test at the end of 1952. Volume 1 studies policy making at the highest levels - the strategic, political and international considerations, the administrative and constitutional machinery. It shows how and why Britain decided to make atomic bombs and follows traumatic negotiations for Anglo-American atomic collaboration and their effect on Britain's relations with Europe and the Commonwealth. There is important material on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Condition
New
Weight
938g
Number of Pages
559
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333166956
SKU
V9780333166956
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Lorna Arnold
MARGARET GOWING is Professor of the History of Science, University of Oxford, and Fellow of Linacre College. She is joint author of two books in the civil series of United Kingdom official war histories - British War Economy (with Sir Keith Hancock) and Civil Industry and Trade (with E. L. Hargreaves) - and author of Britain and Atomic Energy, 1939-1945. ... Read more
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