Cover; KENNEDY, JOHNSON AND NATO: Britain, America and the dynamics ofalliance, 1962-68; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1 ANGLO-AMERICAN DEFENCE RELATIONS IN NATO; 2 SKYBOLT, POLARIS AND NASSAU; 3 THE POLARIS PROJECT AND NATO; 4 THE MLF AFTER NASSAU; 5 WASHINGTON AND THE LABOUR PARTY; 6 THE END OF THE MLF AND NUCLEAR SHARING; 7 ALLIES UNDER STRAIN; 8 PUTTING NATO FIRST?; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary
Provides a reassessment of Anglo-American defence relations. This book examines this key relationship by focusing on the Nassau agreement of December 1962. It places Nassau in its context and shows how multi-level collaboration continued between the US and UK in NATO despite tensions over American involvement in Southeast Asia and Britain's role
