A Nuclear Weapons-Free World?: Britain, Trident and the Challenges Ahead

by Nick Ritchie

Overview

President Obama and the UK Labour and Coalition governments have all backed the renewed momentum for serious progress towards a world free of nuclear weapons, whilst the UK finds itself embarked on a controversial and expensive programme to renew its Trident nuclear weapons system. What does the UK process tell about the prospects for disarmament?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349331857
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2012
Series:	Global Issues
Edition description:	1st ed. 2012
Pages:	239
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

DR NICK RITCHIE is a Lecturer in International Security at the University of York, UK, where he teaches International Relations, War and Peace, and US national security. His work on UK nuclear weapons policy has been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.

Table of Contents

Introduction PART I: CONTEXT British Nuclear Weapons after the Cold War Reykjavik Revisited Trident Renewal PART II: ENABLERS Deterrence Identity A Very Special Nuclear Relationship The Submarine-Building Industry PART III: RESISTANCES Nuclear Disarmament Cost Options Towards a Nuclear-Weapons Free World