Britain and disarmament: the UK and nuclear, biological and chemical weapons arms control and programmes, 1956-1975
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Main Author: Walker, John R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington, VT Ashgate ©2012
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction. Britain and disarmament: weapons programmes and arms control: balancing conflicting requirements -- The UK's offensive CW programmes: abandonment and aspirations 1956-1969 -- Inappropriately hilarious: the UK and incapacitating chemical agents -- A tale of two riot control agents: UK attitudes to CS and the Geneva protocol and CR in warfare and law enforcement 1969-1975 -- The biological and toxin weapons convention: origins of the UK proposal to separate BW from CW 1968 -- The biological and toxin weapons convention negotiating history: March to September 1971: the key months -- The UK and why research was dropped from the draft biological and toxin weapons convention -- The UK nuclear weapons programme, fissile material cut-off and safeguards 1956-1973 -- UK nuclear weapons, the Atlantic Nuclear Force (ANF) and the NPT 1962-1968 -- UK nuclear weapons and the Strategic Arms Limitations Talks 1969-1973 -- Conclusions: Britain and nuclear, chemical and biological arms control and disarmament
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (305 pages)
ISBN:9781409435815
1409435814
9781409435808
1409435806

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