Supreme emergency : how Britain lives with the bomb /: how Britain lives with the bomb. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrew Corbett.
• Authors: Corbett, Andrew
• Contents: Introduction: an insider’s view; 1 ‘The War Game’, a case study; 2 Government, public and total war (1915–40); 3 Government, public and total war (1940–45); 4 From the Second World War to continuous at-sea deterrence; 5 The Polaris replacement decision; 6 Ethical considerations and wicked issues; 7 British nuclear deterrence in the twenty-first century; Conclusion: dirty hands and the supreme emergency; Index
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 355.02170941; Nuclear weapons -- Great Britain -- History; Deterrence (Strategy); Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History; Great Britain -- Military policy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781526147370; 9781526159304
• Related ISBNs: 9781526147363
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