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

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.

Author: Kristan Stoddart
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/15/2014
Pages: 323
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781137440310

About the Author
Kristan Stoddart is a Lecturer in Cyber Security at the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University, UK. He is the author of four books and has spoken nationally and internationally on the subject of nuclear weapons and other security issues. He is also Deputy Director of the Centre for Intelligence and International Security Studies.