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The British Nuclear Experience

Author : John Baylis
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198702027
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book The British Nuclear Experience written by John Baylis and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a detailed analysis of archives and high level interviews this book looks at the role of beliefs, culture and identity in the making of British nuclear policy from 1945 through to the present day. This book also examines Britain's nuclear experience by moving away from tradtional interpretations of why states develop and maintain nuclear weapons by adopting a more contemporary approach to political theory. Traditional mainstream explanations tend to stress the importance of factors such as the 'maximization of power', the persuit of 'national security interests' and the role of 'structure' in a largely anarchic international system. This book does not dismiss these approaches, but argues that British experience suggests that focusing on 'beliefs', 'culture' and 'identity', provides a more useful insight and distinctive intepretation into the process of British nuclear decision making than the more traditional approaches.

British Nuclear Culture

Author : Jonathan Hogg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441109242
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book British Nuclear Culture written by Jonathan Hogg and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The advent of the atomic bomb, the social and cultural impact of nuclear science, and the history of the British nuclear state after 1945 is a complex and contested story. British Nuclear Culture is an important survey that offers a new interpretation of the nuclear century by tracing the tensions between 'official' and 'unofficial' nuclear narratives in British culture. In this book, Jonathan Hogg argues that nuclear culture was a pervasive and persistent aspect of British life, particularly in the years following 1945. This idea is illustrated through detailed analysis of various primary source materials, such as newspaper articles, government files, fictional texts, film, music and oral testimonies. The book introduces unfamiliar sources to students of nuclear and cold war history, and offers in-depth and critical reflections on the expanding historiography in this area of research. Chronologically arranged, British Nuclear Culture reflects upon, and returns to, a number of key themes throughout, including nuclear anxiety, government policy, civil defence, 'nukespeak' and nuclear subjectivity, individual experience, protest and resistance, and the influence of the British nuclear state on everyday life. The book contains illustrations, individual case studies, a select bibliography, a timeline, and a list of helpful online resources for students of nuclear history.

Nuclear Politics

Author : Andrew J. Pierre
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Nuclear Politics written by Andrew J. Pierre and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1972 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En analyse af Storbritanniens oplevelser som atommagt. Studerer de tilskyndelser af politisk, militær, økonomisk, videnskabelig og bureaukratisk karakter, som førte til udviklingen af bomben.

The British Nuclear Experience

Author : John Baylis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780191771682
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book The British Nuclear Experience written by John Baylis and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a detailed analysis of archives and high level interviews this book looks at the role of beliefs, culture and identity in the making of British nuclear policy from 1945 through to the present day.

The Independent Nuclear Force

Author : Andrew J. Pierre
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1084 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Independent Nuclear Force written by Andrew J. Pierre and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 1084 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The British Nuclear Deterrent

Author : Peter Malone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100054950X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The British Nuclear Deterrent written by Peter Malone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-02-16 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United Kingdom was the first country to undertake atomic energy research and development for military purposes. In April 1940 the British government commissioned a group of scientists to study the possibilities of manufacturing a ‘uranium bomb’ in wartime. Originally published in 1984, this book traces the development of British nuclear weapons from those early times to the present. It examines the decisions of Atlee and the MacMillan governments in sustaining the nuclear deterrent through the hydrogen bomb and the Polaris programme, and discusses in detail the decision to proceed with Trident. Throughout the narrative is set against the background of British domestic politics and Anglo-American relations. The book demonstrates why for nearly forty years British governments remained committed to an independent nuclear deterrent as the last line of defence should NATO fail.

British Nuclear Mobilisation Since 1945

Author : Jonathan Hogg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000395162
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book British Nuclear Mobilisation Since 1945 written by Jonathan Hogg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores aspects of the social and cultural history of nuclear Britain in the Cold War era (1945–1991) and contributes to a more multivalent exploration of the consequences of nuclear choices which are too often left unacknowledged by historians of post-war Britain. In the years after 1945, the British government mobilised money, scientific knowledge, people and military–industrial capacity to create both an independent nuclear deterrent and the generation of electricity through nuclear reactors. This expensive and vast ‘technopolitical’ project, mostly top-secret and run by small sub-committees within government, was central to broader Cold War strategy and policy. Recent attempts to map the resulting social and cultural history of these military–industrial policy decisions suggest that nuclear mobilisation had far-reaching consequences for British life. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Contemporary British History.

British Experience in the Technical Development of Nuclear Power Reactors

Author : Sir John Cookcroft
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 9 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book British Experience in the Technical Development of Nuclear Power Reactors written by Sir John Cookcroft and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Elemental Germans

Author : Christoph Laucht
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137028335
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Elemental Germans written by Christoph Laucht and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christoph Laucht offers the first investigation into the roles played by two German-born emigre atomic scientists, Klaus Fuchs and Rudolf Peierls, in the development of British nuclear culture, especially the practice of nuclear science and the political implications of the atomic scientists' work, from the start of the Second World War until 1959.

Nuclear Power Experience: Nuclear power production

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Nuclear Power Experience: Nuclear power production written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Secrecy, Public Relations and the British Nuclear Debate

Author : Daniel Salisbury
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000033333
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secrecy, Public Relations and the British Nuclear Debate written by Daniel Salisbury and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes an original archival history of government secrecy, public relations and the debate surrounding nuclear weapons in Britain from 1970 to 1983. The book contrasts the secrecy and near-silence of the Heath, Wilson and Callaghan governments on nuclear issues in the 1970s with the increasingly vocal case made for the possession of nuclear weapons by the first Thatcher government following a shift in approach in 1980. This shift occurred against a background of rising Cold War tensions and a growing public nuclear debate in the UK. The book seeks to contextualise and explain this transformation, considering the role of party politics, structures and personalities inside the government, and external influences: notably the role of investigative journalists and think tanks in cracking open official secrecy and demanding justification for Britain’s possession of nuclear weapons, and the peace movement in driving increasingly assertive public relations from 1980. The book draws on material from archives and interviews with key figures involved to provide an original and engaging account. It argues that this process of opening up saw significant disclosure of nuclear policy for the first time, and the most extensive public justification of the British nuclear capability to date, which has shaped public understanding of British nuclear weapons into the twenty-first century. This book will be of much interest to students of British politics, Cold War studies, nuclear politics and security studies.

The British Origins of Nuclear Strategy, 1945-1955

Author : Ian Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The British Origins of Nuclear Strategy, 1945-1955 written by Ian Clark and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did Britain decide in 1947 to build an atomic bomb? What plans were there for using it? Employing the previously inaccessible confidential records of the British government in the decade after World War II, including those of the Chiefs of Staff, this book provides the first detailed assessment of the technical, political, and economic factors behind British nuclear policy. The authors argue that British thinking on nuclear deterrence was distinctive and made a unique contribution to early theorizing on nuclear weapons, and compare the strategic thought of Britain and the United States.

Journal of the British Nuclear Energy Society

Author : British Nuclear Energy Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Journal of the British Nuclear Energy Society written by British Nuclear Energy Society and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Grappling with the Bomb

Author : Nic Maclellan
Publisher : ANU Press
ISBN 13 : 1760461385
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Grappling with the Bomb written by Nic Maclellan and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grappling with the Bomb is a history of Britain’s 1950s program to test the hydrogen bomb, code name Operation Grapple. In 1957–58, nine atmospheric nuclear tests were held at Malden Island and Christmas Island—today, part of the Pacific nation of Kiribati. Nearly 14,000 troops travelled to the central Pacific for the UK nuclear testing program—many are still living with the health and environmental consequences. Based on archival research and interviews with nuclear survivors, Grappling with the Bomb presents i-Kiribati woman Sui Kiritome, British pacifist Harold Steele, businessman James Burns, Fijian sailor Paul Ah Poy, English volunteers Mary and Billie Burgess and many other witnesses to Britain’s nuclear folly.

The Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent

Author : Matthew Jones
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351755404
Total Pages : 569 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book The Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent written by Matthew Jones and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-05-12 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume I of The Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent provides an authoritative and in-depth examination of the British Government’s strategy towards nuclear deterrent from 1945 to 1964. This volume, written with full access to the UK documentary record, examines the strategic nuclear policy of British governments after 1945 as they tried to build and then maintain an independent, nationally controlled strategic capability, while also attempting to forge a close nuclear relationship with the United States. This book will be of much interest to students of British politics, nuclear proliferation and international relations.

Ambiguity and Deterrence

Author : John Baylis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (866 download)

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Download or read book Ambiguity and Deterrence written by John Baylis and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Duncan Sandys and British Nuclear Policy-Making

Author : Lewis Betts
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137585471
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Duncan Sandys and British Nuclear Policy-Making written by Lewis Betts and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-19 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers new perspectives on British nuclear policy-making at the height of the Cold War, arguing that the decisions taken by the British government during the 1950s and 1960s in pursuit of its nuclear ambitions cannot be properly understood without close reference to Duncan Sandys, and in particular the policy preferences that emerged from his experiences of the Second World War and his efforts leading Britain's campaign against the V-1 and V-2. Immersing himself in this campaign against unmanned weaponry, Sandys came to see ballistic missiles as the only guarantor of nuclear credibility in the post-war world, placing them at the centre of his strategic thinking and developing a sincerely-held and logically-consistent belief system which he carried with him through a succession of ministerial roles, allowing him to exert a previously undocumented level of influence on the nature of Britain's nuclear capabilities and its approach to the Cold War. This book shows the profound influence Sandys' personal belief system had on Britain's attempts to acquire a credible nuclear deterrent.