Imagining nuclear war in the British Army, 1945-1989 /
The primary mission assigned to the British Army from the 1950s until the end of the Cold War was deterring Soviet aggression in Europe by demonstrating the will and capability to fight with nuclear weapons to defend NATO territory. This is a comprehensive account of how the British Army imagined nu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The primary mission assigned to the British Army from the 1950s until the end of the Cold War was deterring Soviet aggression in Europe by demonstrating the will and capability to fight with nuclear weapons to defend NATO territory. This is a comprehensive account of how the British Army imagined nuclear war, and how it planned to fight it. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 237 pages) : maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780192586346 0192586343 9780191881954 0191881953 9780192586353 0192586351 |