ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1980, is a close analysis of Britain’s defence policy in the latter years of the Cold War. It examines the factors that limited the choices available to the governments of the day, including technological advances, costs, changes in the balance of power, strategic thinking in both West and East, and the consequent implications for the development of forces and arms.

chapter 1|9 pages

Defence Policy and the State

chapter 2|11 pages

Strategy: Management and Ideology

chapter 4|45 pages

Of Numbers and Nukes

chapter 5|45 pages

British Defence Policy in the 1970s

chapter 6|24 pages

Costs and Technology

chapter 7|32 pages

Rivalry and Alliance

chapter 8|14 pages

Security in Disarmament

chapter 9|18 pages

NATO and the British State

chapter 10|24 pages

Choices in Defence Policy in the 1980s