Home defence and the sandys defence white paper, 1957

Journal of Strategic Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 925-949

  Grant, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil defence; Conscription; Defence policy; Deterrence; Home defence; Nuclear weapons; Sandys

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; DEFENSE SPENDING; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; NATIONAL SECURITY; NUCLEAR POWER; NUCLEAR WEAPON; POLITICAL HISTORY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57549092672     PISSN: 01402390     EISSN: 1743937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402390802373230     Document Type: Article

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