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Arms Transfers, Neutrality and Britain’s Role in the Cold War: Anglo-Swiss Relations 1945-1958

By Marco Wyss

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2013
ISBN
9004234411, 9789004234413
ISSN
1385-7827
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6281700 bytes)
Series
History of Warfare 79
Pages
xviii+404\423
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2016-05-27 19:31:40
Great Britain;England;Scotland;Wales;Europe;Histor

Description

Great Britain was neutral Switzerland's main supplier of heavy weaponry during the early Cold War. Marco Wyss analyses this armaments relationship against the background of Anglo-Swiss relations between 1945 and 1958, and thereby assesses the role of arms transfers, neutrality and Britain, as well as the two countries' political, economic and military relations. By using multi-archival research, the author discovers "traits of specialness" in the Anglo-Swiss relationship, analyses the incentives for Berne's weapons purchases and London's arms sales, sheds new light on the Cold War arms transfer system and the motivations of the participating states, and questions the sustainability of neutrality during the East-West conflict, as well as Britain's role from a western neutral and small power perspective.

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