Facing Down the Soviet Union

Facing Down the Soviet Union Britain, the USA, NATO and Nuclear Weapons, 1976-1983

2014

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Publisher's Synopsis

Facing Down the Soviet Union reveals for the first time the historic deliberations regarding the Chevaline upgrade to Britain's Polaris force, the decisions to procure the Trident C-4 and then D-5 system from the Americans in 1980 and 1982. It also details the decision to base Ground Launched Cruise Missiles in the UK in 1983.

Book information

ISBN: 9781137440310
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: 2014
DEWEY: 355.02170941
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: xii, 323
Weight: 542g
Height: 145mm
Width: 218mm
Spine width: 24mm