By Lewis Betts
This e-book deals new views on British nuclear policy-making on the peak of the chilly conflict, arguing that the selections taken via the British govt in the course of the Fifties and Sixties in pursuit of its nuclear goals can't be appropriately understood with out shut connection with Duncan Sandys, and particularly the coverage personal tastes that emerged from his studies of the second one global warfare and his efforts major Britain's crusade opposed to the V-1 and V-2. Immersing himself during this crusade opposed to unmanned weaponry, Sandys got here to determine ballistic missiles because the in basic terms guarantor of nuclear credibility within the post-war global, putting them on the centre of his strategic considering and constructing a sincerely-held and logically-consistent trust method which he carried with him via a succession of ministerial roles, permitting him to exert a formerly undocumented point of impression at the nature of Britain's nuclear functions and its method of the chilly struggle. This ebook indicates the profound impression Sandys' own trust method had on Britain's makes an attempt to procure a reputable nuclear deterrent.
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398. , Prof: The Life of Frederick Lindemann (London: Jonathan Cape, 2003), pp. 335. Jones had believed in the German rocket from the beginning, but Sandys was not his ideal partner. 335–343. 273–274. ‘For the last few weeks the enemy has been using his new weapon, the long-range rocket, and a number have landed at widely scattered points in this country. In all, the casualties and damage have so far not been heavy, though I am sure the House would wish me to express our sympathy with the victims of this as of other attacks.
70 In spite of this, Sandys’ compromise was accepted, and it reads: Despite the great technical achievements, Speer, the highly competent German Minister of Munitions, deplored the effort that had been put into making rockets. 71 The references to German bomber production had been erased, and, by placing the emphasis on fighters, the section no longer promoted the bomber aircraft as a more cost-efficient delivery system, as Speer had said it was, and as the Navy were then attempting to do. The V-1 was given its due as a cost-effective alternative, but they were obsolete by 1953 and therefore not likely to be raised in policy discussions.
The Doodlebugs: The Story of the Flying-Bombs (London: Hutchinson, 1981), p. 31; for an in-depth account of Sandys and these early guided weapons, see Kendall, D. , ‘Reminisces and Discoveries: The British 3-Inch Anti-Aircraft Rocket. Part One: Dive Bombers’ in Notes and Records of the Royal Society in London, Vol. 50, No. 229–239. Sandys Memoir, 5/A/1. , 5/B/1-2. , 5/B/2. THE INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF SANDYS’ BELIEF SYSTEM 39 9. , and Todman, D. 398. 10. Sandys Memoir, 5/C/2. 11. ) of 1942’, but Grigg became Secretary of State for War on 22 February 1942; Sandys Memoir, 5/G/1.