Dr Jeremy Stocker is an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute. He served as a Warfare Officer in the Royal Navy for 20 years, specialising in air defence, before transferring to the Royal Naval Reserve in 1996. Captain Stocker has seen active service in the Persian Gulf (1990) and in Afghanistan (2006). He retired in 2016. Jeremy's PhD was awarded by the University of Hull in 2003 for a thesis on British policy towards ballistic missile defence. His second book, Architects of Continental Seapower: Comparing Tirpitz and Gorshkov was published in 2021.

• AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsEquipment GlossaryKey PersonalitiesGeneral IntroductionPart I - Korean War Rearmament, June 1950 - September 1951Part II - Retrenchment and Global Strategy, October 1951 - December 1952Part III - The Radical Review First Stage, January 1953 - March 1954Part IV - The Radical Review Second Stage, April 1954 - February 1955Part V - The Way Ahead, March 1955 - December 1956Part VI - The Sandys Review, January - April 1957Sources and DocumentsIndex

Dr Jeremy Stocker is an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute. He served as a Warfare Officer in the Royal Navy for 20 years, specialising in air defence, before transferring to the Royal Naval Reserve in 1996. Captain Stocker has seen active service in the Persian Gulf (1990) and in Afghanistan (2006). He retired in 2016. Jeremy's PhD was awarded by the University of Hull in 2003 for a thesis on British policy towards ballistic missile defence. His second book, Architects of Continental Seapower: Comparing Tirpitz and Gorshkov was published in 2021.

• AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsEquipment GlossaryKey PersonalitiesGeneral IntroductionPart I - Korean War Rearmament, June 1950 - September 1951Part II - Retrenchment and Global Strategy, October 1951 - December 1952Part III - The Radical Review First Stage, January 1953 - March 1954Part IV - The Radical Review Second Stage, April 1954 - February 1955Part V - The Way Ahead, March 1955 - December 1956Part VI - The Sandys Review, January - April 1957Sources and DocumentsIndex

Dr Jeremy Stocker is an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute. He served as a Warfare Officer in the Royal Navy for 20 years, specialising in air defence, before transferring to the Royal Naval Reserve in 1996. Captain Stocker has seen active service in the Persian Gulf (1990) and in Afghanistan (2006). He retired in 2016. Jeremy's PhD was awarded by the University of Hull in 2003 for a thesis on British policy towards ballistic missile defence. His second book, Architects of Continental Seapower: Comparing Tirpitz and Gorshkov was published in 2021.

• AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsEquipment GlossaryKey PersonalitiesGeneral IntroductionPart I - Korean War Rearmament, June 1950 - September 1951Part II - Retrenchment and Global Strategy, October 1951 - December 1952Part III - The Radical Review First Stage, January 1953 - March 1954Part IV - The Radical Review Second Stage, April 1954 - February 1955Part V - The Way Ahead, March 1955 - December 1956Part VI - The Sandys Review, January - April 1957Sources and DocumentsIndex