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Arms Transfers, Neutrality and Britain's Role in the Cold War: Anglo-Swiss Relations 1945-1958 (History of Warfare, Band 79) - Hardcover

Buch 10 von 61: History of Warfare

Wyss, Marco

 
9789004234413: Arms Transfers, Neutrality and Britain's Role in the Cold War: Anglo-Swiss Relations 1945-1958 (History of Warfare, Band 79)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9004234411 ISBN 13: 9789004234413
Verlag: Koninklijke Brill BV, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

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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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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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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. Marco Wyss, Ph.D. (2011) in History and Politics, Universities of Neuch tel and Nottingham, is Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich. He has published extensively on aspects of World War II and the Cold War, notably "Un Suisse au service de la SS" (Alphil, 2010). "This is an impressive piece of work. Firmly rooted in multi-archival research, this is a model of how a case study of an arms sales relationship should be approached.," Professor Mark Phythian, University of Leicester.

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Verlag
Koninklijke Brill BV
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9004234411
ISBN 13 
9789004234413
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
424
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