Kristan Stoddart: 2 books
The Sword and the Shield
Britain, America, NATO and Nuclear Weapons, 1970-1976
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Kristan Stoddart reveals for the first time discussions that took place between the British, French and US governments for nuclear cooperation in the early to mid 1970s. In doing so it sets the scene for the upgrade to Britain's Polaris force codenamed Chevaline and how this could have brought down Harold Wilson's Labour government of 1974-1976.
Facing Down the Soviet Union
Britain, the USA, NATO and Nuclear Weapons, 1976-1983
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
Facing Down the Soviet Union reveals for the first time the historic deliberations regarding the Chevaline upgrade to Britain's Polaris force, the decisions to procure the Trident C-4 and then D-5 system from the Americans in 1980 and 1982. It also details the decision to base Ground Launched Cruise Missiles in the UK in 1983.