Supreme Emergency
How Britain Lives with the Bomb
Seiten
2022
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-4736-3 (ISBN)
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-4736-3 (ISBN)
An insider’s view of the development of the UK nuclear deterrent which suggests that an aversion to the moral issues associated with civilian casualties has led to an enduring Government reticence on nuclear deterrence policy. -- .
In Supreme emergency, an ex-Trident submarine captain considers the evolution of UK nuclear deterrence policy and the implications of a previously unacknowledged aversion to military strategies that threaten civilian casualties. Drawing on extensive archival research, the book provides a unique synthesis of the factors affecting British nuclear policy decision-making and draws parallels between government debates about reprisals for First World War zeppelin raids on London, the strategic bombing raids of the Second World War and the evolution of the UK nuclear deterrent. It concludes that among all the technical factors, an aversion to being seen to condone civilian casualties has inhibited government engagement with the public on deterrence strategy since 1915. -- .
In Supreme emergency, an ex-Trident submarine captain considers the evolution of UK nuclear deterrence policy and the implications of a previously unacknowledged aversion to military strategies that threaten civilian casualties. Drawing on extensive archival research, the book provides a unique synthesis of the factors affecting British nuclear policy decision-making and draws parallels between government debates about reprisals for First World War zeppelin raids on London, the strategic bombing raids of the Second World War and the evolution of the UK nuclear deterrent. It concludes that among all the technical factors, an aversion to being seen to condone civilian casualties has inhibited government engagement with the public on deterrence strategy since 1915. -- .
Andrew Corbett is a Teaching Fellow with the Defence Studies Department of King’s College London -- .
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 -- .
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.02.2022 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 458 g |
| Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5261-4736-X / 152614736X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-4736-3 / 9781526147363 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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