A side issue ?
At the risk of thread drift (or the start of a parallel flow), a similar look at France's atomic weapon development would be interesting. After all, General de Gaulle's attitude would have been similar to Ernest Bevin's, but with the "chose" bearing a tricolor. His political aim must have been similar too - all a question of influence at "Top Table" level, particularly in view of the "perfide albion" syndromeand his innate mistrust of the USA.
Is there any kind of (near?) authoritative record of the development of "dissuasion" like the excellent paper above?
Last edited by Jig Peter; 20th Aug 2010 at 16:58.
Reason: Typos again, even after "checking" ...