President Obama and the UK Labour and Coalition governments have all backed the renewed momentum for serious progress towards a world free of nuclear weapons, whilst the UK finds itself embarked on a controversial and expensive programme to renew its Trident nuclear weapons system. What does the UK process tell about the prospects for disarmament?
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President Obama and the UK Labour and Coalition governments have all backed the renewed momentum for serious progress towards a world free of nuclear weapons, whilst the UK finds itself embarked on a controversial and expensive programme to renew its Trident nuclear weapons system. What does the UK process tell about the prospects for disarmament?
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Introduction PART I: CONTEXT British Nuclear Weapons after the Cold War Reykjavik Revisited Trident Renewal PART II: ENABLERS Deterrence Identity A Very Special Nuclear Relationship The Submarine-Building Industry PART III: RESISTANCES Nuclear Disarmament Cost Options Towards a Nuclear-Weapons Free World
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ISBN
9780230291027
Publisert
2012-10-29
Utgiver
Palgrave Macmillan
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Aldersnivå
Research, P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
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DR NICK RITCHIE is a Lecturer in International Security at the University of York, UK, where he teaches International Relations, War and Peace, and US national security. His work on UK nuclear weapons policy has been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.