Vanguard to Trident: British Naval Policy Since World War IIThis major study clearly demonstrates how cabinet-level decisions have shaped the British fleet, its size, capabilities, and activities, and also provides an assessment of naval policy since the Falklands and the problems that face the Royal Navy. |
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Contents
Postwar Problems | 1 |
The Revised Restricted Fleet | 39 |
Global Strategy and Radical Review | 78 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Vanguard to Trident: British Naval Policy Since World War II |
| Author | Eric Grove |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Naval Institute Press, 1987 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Aug 2009 |
| ISBN | 0870215523, 9780870215520 |
| Length | 487 pages |
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