Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. The Contributors V
3. Preface VII
4. Contents XI
5. I. Introduction 1
6. PART ONE: National and International Nuclear Experience
7. II. British-American Collaboration on the A-Bomb in World War II 29
8. III. British Incentives to Become a Nuclear Power 48
9. IV. British Defense Strategy: 1945–1952 66
10. V. The British Effort to Secure an Independent Deterrent, 1952–1962 87
11. VI. British Unilateralism 101
12. VII. France as a Nuclear Power 113
13. VIII. Communist China and Nuclear Force 157
14. IX. Nuclear Sharing: NATO and the N+1 Country 186
15. X. Nuclear Strategic Options and European Force Participation 222
16. PART TWO: The Impact of Future Technology
17. XI. The Emergent Genie 261
18. XII. Technology, Prediction, and Disorder 274
19. PART THREE: Conclusion
20. XIII. International Stability and Nuclear Diffusion 293
21. APPENDIX: Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water 315
22. Selected Bibliography 319
23. Index 337