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The British Nuclear Experience: The Role of Ideas and Beliefs (Part One)
Diplomacy & Statecraft, Volume: 23, Issue: 2, Pages: 331 - 346
Swansea University Author:
Kris Stoddart
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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/09592296.2012.679488
Abstract
Strategic culture, beliefs, and perceived status in an anarchic international system played a crucial role in the development of British nuclear weapons policy from its inception in the Second World War through to the Nassau Agreement in 1962 that provided Britain with a sophisticated submarine nucl...
| Published in: | Diplomacy & Statecraft |
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| ISSN: | 0959-2296 1557-301X |
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Informa UK Limited
2012
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Strategic culture, beliefs, and perceived status in an anarchic international system played a crucial role in the development of British nuclear weapons policy from its inception in the Second World War through to the Nassau Agreement in 1962 that provided Britain with a sophisticated submarine nuclear deterrent—Part Two, in the next issue of Diplomacy and Statecraft, will look at the period from 1962 to the present day. Adopting what has been described as a “Conventional Constructivist” approach, the argument is that these ideational factors have helped to shape the character of Britain's nuclear capability and the operational plans for the potential employment of those capabilities. It also provides an insight into how these factors have shaped elite views of the UK nuclear deterrent in the crucial early years of its development. |
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| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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2 |
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331 |
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346 |