The US-UK Nuclear Relationship: Not Just a Measure for the Cold War

In 1958 the United States and United Kingdom signed the Mutual Defense Agreement which allowed the two countries to share information and technology concerning nuclear weapons. This paper examines the history of this agreement and the Polaris and Trident Sales agreements which followed. The main foc...

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Main Author: Kahan, David
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Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2017
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Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1603
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spelling ndltd-CLAREMONT-oai-scholarship.claremont.edu-cmc_theses-27292017-05-20T03:30:01Z The US-UK Nuclear Relationship: Not Just a Measure for the Cold War Kahan, David In 1958 the United States and United Kingdom signed the Mutual Defense Agreement which allowed the two countries to share information and technology concerning nuclear weapons. This paper examines the history of this agreement and the Polaris and Trident Sales agreements which followed. The main focus of the paper is the motivating interests of both countries to maintain these agreements today. 2017-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1603 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2729&context=cmc_theses © 2017 David Kahan default CMC Senior Theses Scholarship @ Claremont nuclear relationship US-UK Trident Mutual Defense Agreement why American Politics International Relations Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies
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topic nuclear
relationship
US-UK
Trident
Mutual Defense Agreement
why
American Politics
International Relations
Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies
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relationship
US-UK
Trident
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why
American Politics
International Relations
Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies
Kahan, David
The US-UK Nuclear Relationship: Not Just a Measure for the Cold War
description In 1958 the United States and United Kingdom signed the Mutual Defense Agreement which allowed the two countries to share information and technology concerning nuclear weapons. This paper examines the history of this agreement and the Polaris and Trident Sales agreements which followed. The main focus of the paper is the motivating interests of both countries to maintain these agreements today.
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title_full_unstemmed The US-UK Nuclear Relationship: Not Just a Measure for the Cold War
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