Imagining nuclear war in the British Army, 1945-1989 / Simon J. Moody.

First edition.

9780191881954 (electronic book)

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

English

1 online resource : maps.

UA647

355.02170941

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.

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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