The Long Wait - (Contributions in Military Studies) by Timothy Botti (Hardcover)

About the Book

The Long Wait examines the history of the United States' dealings with the United Kingdom on nuclear matters in the first dozen years following the Second World War. Chief among the issues analyzed are whether to share nuclear information, know-how, and technology with the British; whether to cooperate in the control and allocation of critical raw and nuclear materials, whether to grant the British any right of consultation on use of American nuclear bombers based in Britain, and on what terms to introduce into Britain American intermediate range nuclear-tipped missiles.

Book Synopsis

The Long Wait examines the history of the United States' dealings with the United Kingdom on nuclear matters in the first dozen years following the Second World War. Chief among the issues analyzed are whether to share nuclear information, know-how, and technology with the British; whether to cooperate in the control and allocation of critical raw and nuclear materials, whether to grant the British any right of consultation on use of American nuclear bombers based in Britain, and on what terms to introduce into Britain American intermediate range nuclear-tipped missiles.

Review Quotes

"Timothy J. Botti's volume about the shaping of the nuclear partnership in the period 1945-58 is a very valuable contribution to the existing literature on this theme, some of which is now rather dated. . . . Its appearance is timely." --The Journal of Strategic Studies

About the Author

Timothy J. Botti holds a PhD in American Foreign Policy History from Ohio State University, and is a historian and former lecturer/teaching assistant at Ohio State University.