The Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent : Volume I: From the V-Bomber Era to the Arrival of Polaris, 1945-1964 (Hardcover)

Preface

1. The making of a deterrent force, August 1945-November 1957

2. The rise of ballistic missile defence

3. In the shadow of Sputnik: The nuclear sufficiency debate and the restoration of Anglo-American nuclear collaboration, March 1957-February 1959

4. Breaking the impasse? Polaris and deterrent policy, February 1959-March 1960

5. The future nuclear programme and the cancellation of Blue Streak, December 1959-April 1960

6. Skybolt, Polaris and the control of Western nuclear forces, March 1960-May 1961

7. An arms race intensifies: ABM defence, nuclear testing, and the criteria of deterrence, January 1961-January 1962

8. Revising the criteria, January-May 1962

9. The prelude to Nassau, June-December 1962

10. Securing Polaris: The Nassau negotiations, December 1962 ? January 1963

11. The path to the Polaris Sales Agreement, January ? April 1963

12. The origins of a Polaris improvement programme: HR 169 and the emergence of the Moscow ABM system

13. The MLF, the size of the Polaris force, and the approach of the general election, May 1963 ? October 1964