The politics of British defence, 1979-98 / Lawrence Freedman.
The politics of British defence, 1979-98 / Lawrence Freedman.
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Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N355.033/ 8
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English
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xi, 259 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. Prime Ministers. 1. Thatcher. 2. Major -- Pt. II. Grand Strategy. 3. Alliance and the British Way in Warfare. 4. Britain, NATO and Europe -- Pt. III. Defence Reviews. 5. Defence Policy: 1980. 6. After the Falklands. 7. Labour's Strategic Defence Review -- Pt. IV. Nuclear Strategy. 8. An Ex-Nu...
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Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1999.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1999.
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"This book covers two decades of British defence policy. It starts at the end of the 1970s as the Conservative Party comes to office with the Cold War about to enter an unusually tense period. It concludes with the Labour Party back in office and seeking to develop a policy in line with the post-Cold War international system. This period saw Britis...
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The politics of British defence, 1979-98 / Lawrence Freedman.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N355.033/ 8
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74VvAPZ3b3lM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvAPZ3b3lM
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ISBN
0312222734 (cloth)
9780333746677 :
0333746678 :
9780312222734(St Martin's Press)
0312222734(St Martin's Press)
9780312222734 (cloth)
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355.033041
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991013454209702626
