Britain, Germany, and western nuclear strategy
By: Christoph Bluth.
Series: Nuclear history program ;; 3; Nuclear history program (Series) ;; 3.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Europe.; Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Great Britain.; Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Germany.; Great Britain -- Military relations -- Germany.; Germany -- Military relations -- Great Britain.
Description: This book gives a comprehensive account of post-war British and German policies towards nuclear weapons and how these interacted in the context of alliance strategy.

In this fascinating explanation of an important, but previously unresearched topic, the author gives a detailed account of major episodes in the evolution of the alliance and its doctrine - such as the MLF debate, the origins of flexible response, theatre modernization programmes - and demonstrates how British and German interests impinged upon these episodes. On occasion, these interests converged; at others, they diverged and Britain and Germany took on the role of protagonists.

In all of this, one of the less well-known nuclear relationships within the alliance comes vividly into focus. The book tells this part of the alliance's story for the first time, and, in the accounts of the development of German strategy, brings a refreshingly new perspective to the predominant Anglo-American interpretations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [306]-315) and index.