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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Andrew Futter - Foreword by Sir Lawrence Freedman Klappentext This volume provides a study of the current UK nuclear program and related issues that reflect the complexity of the Trident weapons system and the changing nature of deterrence. Presenting the political, cultural, technical, and strategic aspects of Trident it provides a thoughtful overview of the UK's complex relationship with nuclear weapons. Zusammenfassung This volume provides a study of the current UK nuclear program and related issues that reflect the complexity of the Trident weapons system and the changing nature of deterrence. Presenting the political, cultural, technical, and strategic aspects of Trident it provides a thoughtful overview of the UK’s complex relationship with nuclear weapons. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Sir Lawrence FreedmanIntroduction: the Trident debate renewed - Andrew FutterPart I - British nuclear strategy: history and culture1. 70 years of British nuclear debates: a brief history - Daniel Salisbury2. The UK nuclear deterrent: a system of systems - David Jarvis 3. UK Trident renewal: antecedents and decision-making - Kristan Stoddart4. The silence of British nuclear culture - Jon HoggPart II - Trident renewal: the wider context5. The heterogeneity of UK military views on nuclear weapons - Henrietta Wilson6. The Trident renewal decision, the UK and the NPT - Shatabhisha Shetty & Lukasz Kulesa7. The legality and legitimacy of Trident renewal - William Walker8. Trident and the special relationship - Heather Williams 9. Dangerous and inhumane: the implications for UK nuclear policy of international strategies to apply humanitarian law and prohibit nuclear weapons - Rebecca Johnson 10. Bairns not bombs: the Scottish anti-nuclear movement and the British nuclear state - Catherine EschlePart III - Next steps, politics and future challenges11. Sustaining Trident: nuclear absolutism and nuclear symbolism - Nick Ritchie12. Next steps in the UK's nuclear warhead programme: what future for the Atomic Weapons Establishment? - Peter Burt 13. The future of political opposition to Trident - Toby Fenwick 14. Future challenges for UK nuclear deterrence - Andrew Futter...
