A Nuclear Weapons-Free World?: Britain, Trident and the Challenges Ahead

President Obama and the UK Labour and Coalition governments have all backed the renewed momentum for serious progress towards a world free of nuclear weapons, whilst the UK finds itself embarked on a controversial and expensive programme to renew its Trident nuclear weapons system. What does the UK process tell about the prospects for disarmament?

Author: Nick Ritchie
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/29/2012
Pages: 239
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780230291027

About the Author
DR NICK RITCHIE is a Lecturer in International Security at the University of York, UK, where he teaches International Relations, War and Peace, and US national security. His work on UK nuclear weapons policy has been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.