Britain on the brink : the Cold War's most dangerous weekend, 27-28 October 1962 /
Wilson, Jim(Journalist)
Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military,
2012.
At the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Britain was America's first-line defence, a vulnerable, but unsinkable 'aircraft carrier' on which the United States based elements of their nuclear deterrent. But the British public was unaware that, as tensions rose thousands of miles away, the UK itself was under imminent threat of armageddon.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-193) and index.
At the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Britain was America's first-line defence, a vulnerable, but unsinkable 'aircraft carrier' on which the United States based elements of their nuclear deterrent. But the British public was unaware that, as tensions rose thousands of miles away, the UK itself was under imminent threat of armageddon.
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
Nuclear crisis control
World politics