Facing Down the Soviet Union: Britain, the USA, NATO and Nuclear Weapons, 1976-1983

Stoddart, Kristan

Facing Down the Soviet Union reveals for the first time the historic deliberations regarding the Chevaline upgrade to Britain's Polaris force, the decisions to procure the Trident C-4 and then D-5 system from the Americans in 1980 and 1982. It also details the decision to base Ground Launched Cruise Missiles in the UK in 1983.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349494439

DOI: 10.1057/9781137440334

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 323