Suchergebnisse

1. Introduction -- 2. Early pressures : 1954-1958 -- 3. 1958 : a decisive year -- 4. The testing moratorium and its constraints on UK weapons : 1958-1963 -- 5. Diplomatic pressures and the testing moratorium : 1958-1961 -- 6. Test-ban treaty verification and the role of seismology : UK efforts 1958-1965 -- 7. The end of the testing moratorium 1961 : UK responses -- 8. The UK and the Partial Test-Ban Treaty (PTBT) : 1963 -- 9. UK testing and future plans 1963-1973 -- 10. Uk CTBT policy 1965-1973 -- 11. A static UK nuclear weapon development programme 1966-1973 -- 12. Conclusions.

Focusing on a key twenty year period, this study explores Britain's role in efforts to bring about a nuclear test ban treaty between 1954 and 1973. Taking a broadly chronological approach, it examines the nature of defence planning, Anglo-American relationships, the efficacy of British diplomacy and UK contributions to arms control and disarmament. The appraisal of the relationship between the requirements and developments of the UK nuclear weapons programme against the countervailing international and domestic pressures for a test ban treaty will be of interest to anyone studying post-war Bri.