Ken Young 
The American bomb in Britain [EPUB ebook] 
US Air Forces’ strategic presence, 1946–64

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This study tells the story of the strategic nuclear forces deployed to England by the United States from the late 1940s, and details the secret agreement made to launch atomic strikes against the USSR.
Drawing on more than a decade’s research in archives on both sides of the Atlantic, hitherto unknown aspects of Cold War history are revealed. The book deals with the United States Air Force’s (USAF) relations with their British hosts as well as tensions between the American commands, with the continuous struggle to develop and safeguard the expanding base network and with the losing battle to provide the deployed bomber forces with an adequate air defence.
This challenging analysis, based on massive archival sources, will provoke and stimulate Cold War historians and air power enthusiasts alike, and be read by those many veterans who served in the units of Strategic Air Command and the USAF in Europe, during that brief but dangerous period of nuclear history.

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Introduction
1. Searching for bases
2. Deploying to England
3. Here to stay
4. Rehearsing for war
5. Difficult relations
6. A vulnerable island
7. Defending the strategic force
8. Towards atomic partnership
9. Borrowing the bomb
10. Consenting to nuclear war
11. Strike hard, strike sure…and strike together?
12. The asymmetrical alliance
Index

Circa l’autore

Ken Young is Professor of Public Policy at King’s College, London

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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 288 ● ISBN 9781526100665 ● Dimensione 0.9 MB ● Casa editrice Manchester University Press ● Città Manchester ● Paese GB ● Pubblicato 2016 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 7113453 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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