The Sword and the Shield: Britain, America, NATO and Nuclear Weapons, 1970-1976 by Kristan Stoddart
The Sword and the Shield: Britain, America, NATO and Nuclear Weapons, 1970-1976 by Kristan Stoddart
English | May 22, 2014 | ISBN: 0230300936 | 352 Pages | PDF | 1.8 MB
English | May 22, 2014 | ISBN: 0230300936 | 352 Pages | PDF | 1.8 MB
The Sword and the Shield reveals for the first time declassified discussions that took place between the British, French and US governments for nuclear cooperation in the early to mid-1970s. In doing so, it sets the scene for the top secret upgrade to Britain's Polaris force, codenamed Chevaline, and how this could have brought down Harold Wilson's Labour government of 1974-1976. It also analyses the evolution of NATO strategy in this period into something that was capable of a flexible response to Warsaw Pact aggression – a response that, if enacted, could well have been apocalyptic.