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050 4 _aUA647.U55 2016
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100 1 _aFutter, Andrew.
245 1 4 _aThe United Kingdom and the Future of Nuclear Weapons.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aBlue Ridge Summit :
_bRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated,
_c2016.
264 4 _c©2016.
300 _a1 online resource (246 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aWeapons of Mass Destruction and Emerging Technologies Series
505 0 _aIntro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- I: British Nuclear Strategy: History and Culture -- 1 Seventy Years of British Nuclear Debates -- 2 The United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent -- 3 UK Trident Renewal -- 4 The Silence of British Nuclear Culture -- II: Trident Renewal: The Wider Context -- 5 The Heterogeneity of UK Military Views on Nuclear Weapons -- 6 The Trident Renewal Decision, the United Kingdom, and the NPT -- 7 Reflections on the Legality and Legitimacy of Trident Renewal -- 8 Surviving a Sea Change -- 9 Dangerous and Inhumane -- 10 "Bairns Not Bombs" -- III: Next Steps and Future Challenges -- 11 Sustaining Trident -- 12 Next Steps in the United Kingdom's Nuclear Warhead Programme -- 13 The Future of Political Opposition to Trident -- 14 Future UK Nuclear Deterrence Requirements -- Index -- About the Contributors.
520 _aThis volume provides a study of the current UK nuclear program and related issues that reflect the complexity of the Trident weapons system and the changing nature of deterrence. Presenting the political, cultural, technical, and strategic aspects of Trident it provides a thoughtful overview of the UK's complex relationship with nuclear weapons.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aNuclear disarmament - Great Britain.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aFutter, Andrew
_tThe United Kingdom and the Future of Nuclear Weapons
_dBlue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated,c2016
_z9781442265738
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aWeapons of Mass Destruction and Emerging Technologies Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4519228
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