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Informationen zum Autor Michael Dockrill is the author of British Defence Since 1945, published by Wiley. Klappentext Dockrill looks at how British defence police has balanced the country's need to maintain the status of an independent nuclear power with its diminishing role in world politics. (Technology & Industrial) Zusammenfassung An analysis of developments in British defence policy since 1945. This text looks at how British defence policy has balanced the country's need to maintain the status of an independent nuclear power with its diminishing role in world politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter I: Introduction Chapter II: From the end of the second world war to the Korean war 1945-1950 Chapter III: From the Korean war to the Suez crisis 1950-1956 Chapter IV: The Sandys white paper of 1957 and its consequences Chapter V: The end of Britain's role east of Suez 1964-1968 Chapter VI: Britain's defence problems in the 1970s Chapter VII: The Thatcher government and defence 1979-1988 Chapter VIII: Conclusion.
