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001439228 1001_ $$aKing, William.
001439228 24510 $$aNerve agents in postwar Britain :$$bdeterrence, publicity and disarmament, 1945-1976 /$$cWilliam King.
001439228 264_1 $$aCham :$$bPalgrave Macmillan,$$c2021.
001439228 264_4 $$c©2021
001439228 300__ $$a1 online resource (xiii, 290 pages)
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001439228 4901_ $$aBritain and the World
001439228 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
001439228 50500 $$tIntroduction --$$tBritish Defence Policy and the Nerve Agents in Postwar Britain, 1945-1950 --$$tA Step Too Far: The Nerve Agents and the Global Strategy Paper, 1951-1953 --$$tAnother Reverse Course: From Dependence to Acquisition, 1958-1963 --$$tA 'Secret Deterrent' and a 'Campaign of Criticism', 1964-1969 --$$tFrom the CS Debacle to the Rise of CW Disarmament, 1970-1976 --$$tConclusion: from discovery to disarmament.
001439228 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
001439228 520__ $$aThis book reveals the nature and level of British engagement with controversial and lethal nerve agent weapons from the end of the Second World War to Britains submission of a draft Chemical Weapons Convention. At the very heart of this highly secretive aspect of British defence policy were fundamental questions over whether Britain should acquire nerve agent weapons for potential first-use against the Soviet Union, retain them purely for their deterrence value, or drive for either unilateral or international chemical weapons disarmament. These considerations and concerns over nerve agent weapons were not limited to low-level defence committees, nor were they consigned to the periphery, but featured prominently at the highest levels of the British government and defence planning. Importantly, and despite stringent secrecy, the book further uncovers how public scrutiny and protest movements played a substantial and successful part in influencing policy and attitudes towards nerve agent weapons. William King is a Research Fellow at the German Historical Institute London, UK.
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001439228 650_0 $$aNerve gases$$zGreat Britain$$xHistory$$y20th century.
001439228 650_0 $$aDeterrence (Strategy)$$xHistory$$y20th century.
001439228 650_6 $$aGaz neurotoxiques$$zGrande-Bretagne$$xHistoire$$y20e siècle.
001439228 650_6 $$aDissuasion (Stratégie)$$xHistoire$$y20e siècle.
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001439228 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aKing, William.$$tNerve Agents in Postwar Britain.$$dCham : Springer International Publishing AG, ©2021$$z9783030704735
001439228 830_0 $$aBritain and the world.
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