num_pages: 273
description: Containing the histories (from 1945 to the present) of the nuclear strategies of NATO, Britain and France, and of the defence preferences of the FRG (West Germany), this book shows how strategies were functions of a perceived Soviet threat and an American 'nuclear guarantee'. There were three options for West a compromise with differing American needs in NATO, pursued by Britain and the FRG; national nuclear forces, developed by Britain and France; and projects for an independent European nuclear force.
language: English
title: NATO, Britain, France and the FRG: Nuclear Strategies and Forces for Europe, 1949–2000
titlecomplete: NATO, Britain, France and the FRG: Nuclear Strategies and Forces for Europe, 1949–2000
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan