Imagining Nuclear War in the British Army, 1945-1989

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The primary mission assigned to the British Army from the 1950s until the end of the Cold War was deterring Soviet aggression in Europe by demonstrating the will and capability to fight with nuclear weapons to defend NATO territory. This is the first comprehensive account of how the British Army imagined nuclear war, and how it planned to fight it.

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Imagining nuclear war in the British Army, 1945-1989

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Moody, Simon

Moody, Simon

Abstract

The primary mission assigned to the British Army from the 1950s until the end of the Cold War was deterring Soviet aggression in Europe by demonstrating the will and capability to fight with nuclear weapons to defend NATO territory. This is a comprehensive account of how the British Army imagined nuclear war, and how it planned to fight it.

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