Planning Armageddon
Subtitle: Britain, the United States and the Command of Western Nuclear Forces 1945-1964 (Studies in the History of Sciemce, Technology & Medicine, Volume 8)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: February 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9789058230065
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; British & Irish history: postwar, from c 1945 -; International relations; Nuclear weapons; c 1945 to c 1960; c 1960 to c 1970; Military - Strategy; History; Sociology; Military; USA; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Sociology - General; Social Science / Sociology / General; Military - Nuclear Warfare
First sentence: Writing in the July 1989 edition of Survival, Francois Heisbourg, the then Director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, lamented 'the dearth of open literature' on British command and control.