Performing Nuclear Weapons: How Britain Made Trident Make Sense

by Paul Beaumont

Book Overview

This book investigates the UK's nuclear weapon policy, focusing in particular on how consecutive governments have managed to maintain the Trident weapon system. The question of why states maintain nuclear weapons typically receives short shrift: its security, of course. The international is a perilous place, and nuclear weapons represent the ultimate self-help device. This book seeks to unsettle this complacency by re-conceptualizing nuclear...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030675785
• ISBN13: 9783030675783
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"