Abstract
France and the UK have had different approaches to the possibility of nuclear disarmament; these derive from the different post- Second World War national narratives in which the development of nuclear weapons has been embedded. This started from two different attitudes toward the NATO Alliance and its nuclear component, two different sets of lessons learned from the 1956 Suez crisis (Pelopidas 2015a), and it culminated in two different reactions to the increase in nuclear disarmament advocacy worldwide, which is the focus of this chapter.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Global Nuclear Disarmament. |
| Subtitle of host publication | Strategic, Political and Regional Perspectives |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Pages | 225-250 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1138832725, 1138832723 |
| Publication status | Published - 20 Dec 2015 |
Research Groups and Themes
- PolicyBristolSecurityConflictAndJustice
Keywords
- Nuclear weapons
- France
- United Kingdom
- Nuclear Disarmament
- Post-WWII History