Politics and Strategic Background, 1964-1982

摘要

Other papers have given a factual account of the discussions about, activities regarding, and decisions made concerning the British independent nuclear deterrent from the policy point of view in the Ministry of Defence and Whitehall more generally in the years 1967-1975/6, and have critically examined the conduct and the conclusions of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee 1981/2 Enquiry into Chevaline. This present paper complements the information in the earlier two, examining the political and strategic background to the UK nuclear deterrent programme, using mainly the written memoirs of prominent politicians of the period, relevant official papers being as yet unavailable.