Alternative Defence Policy

by Gordon Burt (Editor)

Overview

This book, first published in 1988, represents a unique attempt to combine a discussion of an alternative British defence policy in terms of military strategy and new technology, with a consideration of how this policy might be secure in political terms. Written against a background of a possible future Labour government in the late 1980s with a radically different defence policy to the Conservative Government of the day, it considers questions such as: Would conventional deterrence really be effective? Just what is the Labour Party’s defence policy? How precisely might Britain be transformed into a non-aligned, non-militarist state?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000370591
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/30/2021
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: International Security Studies , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	164
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Gordon Burt

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the Crisis Gordon Burt 2. The Conventional Balance and Conventional Deterrence in Europe Andrew Kelly 3. New Conventional Technology and Alternative Defence: Help or Hindrance? Philip Gummett 4. The Evolution of Labour’s Defence and Security Policy Mike Gapes 5. A Non-Nuclear, Non-NATO Britain: Is There an Electoral Pathway? Patrick Dunleavy 6. A Strategic Conclusion Gordon Burt