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British nuclear weapons and the test ban 1954-73 [electronic resource] : Britain, the United States, weapons policies and nuclear testing : tensions and contradictions / John R. Walker.

Focusing on a key twenty year period, this study explores Britain's role in efforts to bring about a nuclear test ban treaty between 1954 and 1973. Taking a broadly chronological approach, it examines the nature of defence planning, Anglo-American relationships, the efficacy of British diplomac...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Walker, John R., 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2010.
Subjects:
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water > (1963 August 5) > History.
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water (1963 August 5)
Nuclear weapons > Government policy > Great Britain > History.
Nuclear arms control > Great Britain > History.
Nuclear weapons > Testing > Law and legislation > History.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Diplomatic relations.
Nuclear arms control.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy.
Nuclear weapons > Testing > Law and legislation.
Great Britain.
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Early pressures: 1954-1957
  • 1958: a decisive year
  • The testing moratorium and its constraints on UK weapons, 1958-1963
  • Diplomatic pressures and the testing moratorium, 1958-1961
  • Test ban treaty verification and the role of seismology : UK efforts, 1958-1965
  • The end of the testing moratorium 1961: UK responses
  • The UK and the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT): 1963
  • UK testing and future plans, 1963-1965
  • UK CTBT policy, 1965-1973
  • A static UK nuclear weapon development programme, 1966-1973.

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