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Author Wyss, Marco. author.

Title Arms Transfers, Neutrality and Britain's Role in the Cold War : Anglo-Swiss Relations 1945-1958
Published Leiden : BRILL, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (422 pages)
Series History of Warfare
History of warfare.
Contents Arms Transfers, Neutralityand Britain's Role in the Cold War; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables, Figures and Photographs; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Anglo-Swiss Relations; 2. Arms and Technology Transfers; 3. Neutrality; 4. Britain's Role; 5. Method and Sources; PART ONE: MUTUAL ATTRACTION 1945-1949; 1. A World in Motion; 1.1. Switzerland: Suspect but Healthy; 1.2. Great Britain: Overstretched, Bankrupt, but Influential; 2. Anglo-Swiss Relations 1945-1949; 2.1. Self-Interested British Advocacy for Switzerland; 2.2. Economic Interdependence
2.3. The Field-Marshal in the Alps3. Vampires 'off the Shelf'; 3.1. Establishing the Armament Link; 3.2. The Technology Gap; 3.3. Swiss Missions to Britain; 3.4. British Aircraft against Home Production; 3.5. An Unfinished Business?; 3.6. Dénouement; 4. 'Homemade' Vampires?; 4.1. Mutual Interests; 4.2. Independence?; 4.3. Gold and Tourism; 4.4. Supply Priorities and US Intervention; Intermediate Conclusion I; PART TWO: STORMY HONEYMOON 1949-1953; 5. A Divided and Unstable World; 5.1. Switzerland: The Western Neutral; 5.2. Great Britain: Clinging to Grandeur; 6. Anglo-Swiss Relations 1949-1953
6.1. Different Perceptions but Common Interests6.2. Continuous Economic Adjustments; 6.3. A Tamed British Lion; 6.4. Swiss Defence Cooperation despite British Criticism; 7. Engines and Venoms; 7.1. Dependence?; 7.2. Towards Self-Reliance; 7.3. Business versus Security; 8. Centurion I; 8.1. The First British "No"; 8.2. Centurions Made in Switzerland?; 8.3. Project Ross; 8.4. Role Reversal; Intermediate Conclusion II; PART THREE: MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE 1953-1958; 9. A World in Tension; 9.1. Switzerland: The Recognised Neutral; 9.2. Great Britain: The Fading Power
10. Anglo-Swiss Relations 1953-195810.1. Cordial Opportunism; 10.2. Modus Vivendi; 10.3. Silent Security Partnership; 11. Centurion II; 11.1. Centurion versus Patton; 11.2. The Enemy Within; 11.3. The Rieser Affair; 12. Hunter; 12.1. Interim Solution; 12.2. Temptations; 12.3. Aircraft Competition; 12.4. Doctrinal Doubts; Conclusion; Appendices; 1. Organisational Charts; 2. Exchange Rates; 3. Photographs; Bibliography; Index
Summary Marco Wyss examines the extensive Anglo-Swiss armaments relationship between 1945 and 1958 in light of their bilateral relations, and thereby assesses the role of arms transfers, neutrality and Britain, as well as the two countries' relationship during the Cold War
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-392) and index
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Subject Arms transfers -- Great Britain
Arms transfers -- Switzerland
Cold War.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.
Arms transfers
Diplomatic relations
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Switzerland
Switzerland -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
Subject Great Britain
Switzerland
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012028847
ISBN 9789004234437
9004234438
1283717077
9781283717076
9789004234413
9004234411