The American Bomb in Britain - Us Air Forces' Strategic Presence, 1946-64 (Hardcover)

This study tells the story of the strategic nuclear forces deployed to England by the United States from the late 1940s, and details the secret agreement made to launch atomic strikes against the USSR. Drawing on more than a decade's research in archives on both sides of the Atlantic, hitherto unknown aspects of Cold War history are revealed. The book deals with the United States Air Force's (USAF) relations with their British hosts as well as tensions between the American commands, with the continuous struggle to develop and safeguard the expanding base network and with the losing battle to provide the deployed bomber forces with an adequate air defence. This challenging analysis, based on massive archival sources, will provoke and stimulate Cold War historians and air power enthusiasts alike, and be read by those many veterans who served in the units of Strategic Air Command and the USAF in Europe, during that brief but dangerous period of nuclear history. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Ken Young
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-8675-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Air forces & warfare Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
LSN:	0-7190-8675-2
Barcode:	9780719086755

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