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In Supreme emergency, an ex-Trident submarine captain considers the evolution of UK nuclear deterrence policy and the implications of a previously unacknowledged aversion to military strategies that threaten civilian casualties. Drawing on extensive archival research, the book provides a unique synthesis of the factors affecting British nuclear policy decision-making and draws parallels between government debates about reprisals for First World War zeppelin raids on London, the strategic bombing raids of the Second World War and the evolution of the UK nuclear deterrent. It concludes that among all the technical factors, an aversion to being seen to condone civilian casualties has inhibited government engagement with the public on deterrence strategy since 1915.
Contents
Introduction: an insider's view
1 'The War Game', a case study
2 Government, public and total war (1915-40)
3 Government, public and total war (1940-45)
4 From the Second World War to continuous at-sea deterrence
5 The Polaris replacement decision
6 Ethical considerations and wicked issues
7 British nuclear deterrence in the twenty-first century
Conclusion: dirty hands and the supreme emergency
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