Synopses & Reviews
This book covers two decades of British defense policy. It starts at the end of the 1970s as the Conservative Party comes to office with the Cold War about to enter an unusually tense period. It concludes with the Labour Party back in office and seeking to develop a policy in line with the post-Cold War international system. As one of Britain's leading defense academics, and an advisor to government and parliamentary committees, Lawrence Freedman was well placed to observe and comment on the fast-changing defense scene. In this collection of essays he provides an incisive and well-informed analysis of the major issues influencing policy, including the demands of European security, party politics, budgetary pressures and nuclear deterrence.
Synopsis
This book covers two decades of British defense policy.
About the Author
Lawrence Freedman is Professor of War Studies at King's College, London.
Table of Contents
Part I: Prime Ministers * Thatcher * Major *
Part II: Grand Strategy * Alliance and the British Way in Warfare * Britain, NATO and Europe *
Part III: Defense Reviews * Defense Policy: 1980 * After the Falklands * Labour's Strategic Defense Review *
Part IV: Nuclear Strategy * An Ex-Nuclear Power? * Two Nuclear Elections * Nuclear Policy after the Cold War * Nuclear Revelations *
Part V: Industrial Issues * Westland and Helicopters * Ferranti and Radars * The Scott Report * Index
Part I: Prime Ministers * Thatcher * Major * Part II: Grand Strategy * Alliance and the British Way in Warfare * Britain, NATO and Europe * Part III: Defense Reviews * Defense Policy: 1980 * After the Falklands * Labour's Strategic Defense Review * Part IV: Nuclear Strategy * An Ex-Nuclear Power? * Two Nuclear Elections * Nuclear Policy after the Cold War * Nuclear Revelations *Part V: Industrial Issues * Westland and Helicopters * Ferranti and Radars * The Scott Report * Index