Britain, NATO and Nuclear Weapons: Alternative Defence Versus Alliance Reform

by Ken Booth, John Baylis

Overview

An examination of nuclear arms control and defence containing papers that present opposing sides of the debate. Nuclear deterrence, Britain's defence budget, the state of Anglo-American relations, NATO strategies and Mr Gorbachev's security arrangements in Europe proposals are discussed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333434048
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/13/1989
Edition description:	1989
Pages:	374
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Part 1 Alternative defence, Ken Booth: a debate to be won; what is wrong with Britain's existing defence policy?; towards a stable peace; towards a non-provocative defence policy; criticisms of a non-nuclear defence policy. Part 2 Alliance reform, John Baylis: nuclear deterrence and the preservation of peace; how valid are the criticisms of nuclear deterrence?; the political problems of non-nuclear strategies; the military problems of non-nuclear strategies; towards a new strategic concept for NATO; towards a broader conception of security.