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How Nuclear Weapons Decisions are Made

Palgrave Macmillan

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  1. John Beyer

    1. Leeds University, UK

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  2. Julian Cooper

    1. Soviet Technology and Industry, Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham, UK

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  3. Gerald Holden

    1. Science Policy Research Unit, Sussex University, UK

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  4. François Nectoux

    1. Earth Resources Research, UK

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  5. Nancy Ramsey
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  6. David Schorr
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  7. Tony Thompson
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  8. Andrew White
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. The Soviet Union

    • John Beyer, Julian Cooper, Gerald Holden, François Nectoux, Nancy Ramsey, David Schorr et al.
    Pages 1-31

  3. The United States of America

    • John Beyer, Julian Cooper, Gerald Holden, François Nectoux, Nancy Ramsey, David Schorr et al.
    Pages 32-84

  4. Britain

    • John Beyer, Julian Cooper, Gerald Holden, François Nectoux, Nancy Ramsey, David Schorr et al.
    Pages 85-153

  5. France

    • John Beyer, Julian Cooper, Gerald Holden, François Nectoux, Nancy Ramsey, David Schorr et al.
    Pages 154-185

  6. China

    • John Beyer, Julian Cooper, Gerald Holden, François Nectoux, Nancy Ramsey, David Schorr et al.
    Pages 186-203

  7. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

    • John Beyer, Julian Cooper, Gerald Holden, François Nectoux, Nancy Ramsey, David Schorr et al.
    Pages 204-233

  8. Warsaw Treaty Organisation

    • John Beyer, Julian Cooper, Gerald Holden, François Nectoux, Nancy Ramsey, David Schorr et al.
    Pages 234-253

  9. Postscript

    • John Beyer, Julian Cooper, Gerald Holden, François Nectoux, Nancy Ramsey, David Schorr et al.
    Pages 254-258

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 259-264
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About this book

How are the decisions made which produce the phenomenal arsenals of nuclear weapons in the world today? Who makes them? To whom are they answerable? What role does Parliament play? These questions have until now been shrouded in mystery. But until the answers to them are widely and openly known, those who are concerned about the build-up of nuclear arsenals cannot know how the process works, and to whom they should address themselves. That is why this book is a breakthrough. It explains, for the first time, how nuclear weapons decisions are made in each of the nuclear nations. The Oxford Research Group has brought together, entirely from non-classified sources, a mass of information to throw light on a hitherto invisible and unaccountable process.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Leeds University, UK

    John Beyer

  • Soviet Technology and Industry, Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham, UK

    Julian Cooper

  • Science Policy Research Unit, Sussex University, UK

    Gerald Holden

  • Earth Resources Research, UK

    François Nectoux

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