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NATO, Britain, France and the FRG: Nuclear Strategies and Forces for Europe, 1949–2000

By Beatrice Heuser (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
1997
ISBN
978-0-333-77477-9, 978-0-230-37762-2, 978-0-312-17498-9
DOI
10.1057/9780230377622
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
25 MB (26659859 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
XVII, 256\274
Time added
2016-03-14 21:35:01
International Relations; Military and Defence Stud

Description

Containing the histories (from 1945 to the present) of the nuclear strategies of NATO, Britain and France, and of the defence preferences of the FRG (West Germany), this book shows how strategies were functions of a perceived Soviet threat and an American 'nuclear guarantee'. There were three options for West Europeans: a compromise with differing American needs in NATO, pursued by Britain and the FRG; national nuclear forces, developed by Britain and France; and projects for an independent European nuclear force.

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