Nuclear Diplomacy and the Special Relationship

This book tells for the first time the full and fascinating inside story of Anglo-American nuclear relations from 1957 to 1962. Based on a detailed analysis of newly declassified documents, it examines such critical issues as British nuclear targeting of the Soviet Union, cancellation of the Blue Streak missile, the bargain over Skybolt and the Holy Loch base, and British ambitions for Polaris. Ian Clark offers new and sometimes controversial interpretations of events in this dramatic period.