Planning Armageddon : Britain, the United States and the command of Western nuclear forces 1945-1964
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Bibliographic Information
Planning Armageddon : Britain, the United States and the command of Western nuclear forces 1945-1964
（Studies in the history of science, technology and medicine / edited by John Krige, v. 8）
Harwood Academic, c2000
Available at 10 libraries
Note
Bibliography: p. 347-357
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Planning Armageddon provides the first detailed account of Britain's Command, Control, Intelligence and Communications infrastructure. A central theme of the book is the British-American atomic relationship and its implications for NATO strategy. Based on the recollections of officials and military officers in both Britain and the United States and employing recently declassified government documents, Planning Armageddon presents a systematic analysis of British involvement in nuclear planning from Hiroshima to the development of Polaris. At the same time, it provides an important examination of the operational weaknesses of the British nuclear deterrent and the potential hazards presented by unwarranted secrecy.
Table of Contents
- The atomic bomb and the command and control of western nuclear forces, 1945-1953
- national control, 1953-1964
- bilateral control, 1953-1964
- alliance control, 1953-1964
- defence communications
- atomic intelligence - operations and estimates, 1945-1964
- tactical early warning intelligence.
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