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Britain and Disarmament - The UK and Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Weapons Arms Control and Programmes 1956-1975 (Paperback)
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Britain and Disarmament - The UK and Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Weapons Arms Control and Programmes 1956-1975 (Paperback)
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Since the use of poison gas during the First World War and the
dropping of atomic bombs on Japan at the end of the Second World
War, nuclear, biological or chemical (NBC) weapons have registered
high on the fears of governments and individuals alike. Recognising
both the particular horror of these weapons, and their potential
for inflicting mass death and destruction, much effort has been
expended in finding ways to eliminate such weapons on a
multi-lateral level. Based on extensive official archives, this
book looks at how successive British governments approached the
subject of control and disarmament between 1956 and 1975. This
period reflects the UK's landmark decision in 1956 to abandon its
offensive chemical weapons programme (a decision that was reversed
in 1963, but never fully implemented), and ends with the internal
travails over the possible use of CR (tear gas) in Northern
Ireland. Whilst the issue of nuclear arms control has been much
debated, the integration of biological and chemical weapons into
the wider disarmament picture is much less well understood, there
being no clear statement by the UK authorities for much of the
period under review in this book as to whether the country even
possessed such weapons or had an active research and development
programme. Through a thorough exploration of government records the
book addresses fundamental questions relating to the history of NBC
weapons programmes, including the military, economic and political
pressures that influenced policy; the degree to which the UK was a
reluctant or enthusiastic player on the international arms control
stage; and the effect of international agreements on Britain's
weapons programmes. In exploring these issues, the study provides
the first attempt to assess UK NBC arms control policy and practice
during the Cold War.
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