The Bomber In British Strategy: Doctrine, Strategy, and Britain's World Role, 1945-1960

by S. J. Ball

Overview

Between 1945 and 1960, Great Britain constructed a substantial nuclear-armed bomber force. The creation of this force had ramifications that extended well beyond the confines of military policy. The process played a large part in defining relations with the United States, and the belief that these bombers could replace conventional forces convinced successive British governments that Great Britain could maintain a significant global military role. Originally published in 1995 and drawing on both archives and oral testimony, this book analyses British strategic discourse and its influence on British foreign policy in the early decades of the Cold War.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367290399
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/11/2022
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. Nuclear Strategy and the Central Organisation of Defence 2. Air Staff Nuclear doctrine: 1945-1949 3. Sir John Slessor and Nuclear Strategy: 1950-1952 4. Defence Reviews and Nuclear Strategy: 1953-1955 5. The Reassessment of Strategy: 1956-1990.

Editorial Reviews

‘Ball gives us a sophisticated treatment of the interaction between genuine attempts ‘to frame a coherent national strategy and the advancement of group interests.’ J. P. B. Dunbabin, War in History.

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