Losing an Empire and Finding a Role: Britain, the USA, NATO and Nuclear Weapons, 1964–70

Product Description This book sheds fresh light on developments in British nuclear weapons policy between October 1964, when the Labour Party came back into power under Harold Wilson following a thirteen year absence, and June 1970 when the Conservative government of Edward Heath was elected. Review 'Making sense of the interwoven strategic, poltical, diplomatic, and technical strands of Britain's nuclear policy in the late 1960s is a daunting task, but Stoddart has done it.' - Recommended by Choice About the Author KRISTAN STODDART is a research assistant at the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University, UK, and a member of the Centre for Intelligence and International Security Studies. Previously he was a Research Fellow at the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies, University of Southampton.