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- Title
A weapon too far: The British radiological warfare experience, 1940–1955.
- Authors
King, William
- Abstract
Between 1940 and 1955, Britain explored controversial radiological weapons. Keen to discover further military uses for atomic energy, defence officials and scientists initially approached the field with much hope and optimism. However, technical difficulties, economic costs, public and political aversion, competition from other controversial weapons, and even the resistance of scientists themselves, soon came to dominate the direction of policy. This article explores the unique British experience with radiological weapons, determines how far Britain ventured down this questionable path, and accounts for why, after over a decade of research, they were judged a step too far.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; NUCLEAR energy; MILITARY science; WEAPONS; WORLD War II
- Publication
War in History, 2022, Vol 29, Issue 1, p205
- ISSN
0968-3445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0968344520922565