A nuclear weapons-free world? : Britain, Trident and the challenges ahead /

President Obama and the UK Labor 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 program to renew its Trident nuclear weapons system. What does the UK pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ritchie, Nick, 1975- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Series:	Global issues series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Subjects:	POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control. Nuclear weapons > Great Britain. Great Britain > Military policy. Trident (Weapons systems) Nuclear disarmament > Great Britain.

Table of Contents:

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.