Arms Transfers, Neutrality and Britain's Role in the Cold War: Anglo-Swiss Relations 1945-1958 - Couverture rigide

Livre 10 sur 61: History of Warfare

Wyss, Marco

 
9789004234413: Arms Transfers, Neutrality and Britain's Role in the Cold War: Anglo-Swiss Relations 1945-1958
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9004234411 ISBN 13 : 9789004234413
Editeur : Brill, 2012

Synopsis

Great Britain was neutral Switzerland's main supplier of heavy weaponry during the early Cold War. Marco Wyss analyses this armaments relationship against the background of Anglo-Swiss relations between 1945 and 1958, and thereby assesses the role of arms transfers, neutrality and Britain, as well as the two countries' political, economic and military relations.
By using multi-archival research, the author discovers "traits of specialness" in the Anglo-Swiss relationship, analyses the incentives for Berne's weapons purchases and London's arms sales, sheds new light on the Cold War arms transfer system and the motivations of the participating states, and questions the sustainability of neutrality during the East-West conflict, as well as Britain's role from a western neutral and small power perspective.

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À propos de l?auteur

Marco Wyss, Ph.D. (2011) in History and Politics, Universities of Neuchâtel and Nottingham, is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History, University of Chichester. He has published extensively on aspects of World War II and the Cold War, notably Un Suisse au service de la SS (Alphil, 2010).

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9004234411
ISBN 13 
9789004234413
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
424
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