High Stakes: Britain's Air Arms in Action 1945-1990Pen and Sword, 15 окт. 2008 г. - Всего страниц: 320 After the dust of World War II had settled, the military position of the UK was far from straightforward. It was of course allied to the USA and part of NATO, but it was at odds with the former in maintaining an Empire and the two nations also had competing oil interests in the Middle East. The UK's engagement in war after 1945 was thus a strange mixture ranging from homeland security through insular actions within the colonies or protectorates to preserve empire - to playing a major role in confronting the USSR. The types of active involvement of the RAF, Fleet Air Arm and Army Air Corps between 1945 and 1995 include the following, with examples. Maintaining Local Stability - Greece, Netherlands East Indies. Maintaining Empire - Malaya, Kenya. Defending Empire - Borneo. Defending Interests - Suez, Kuwait. Homeland Security - Northern Ireland, air defence. Confrontation - Berlin Airlift, Korea. Covert Action - Albania, strategic reconnaissance. Humanitarian and Peacekeeping- Jordan, Cyprus. Development of Deterrent - Bombs, bombers and missiles. |
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Introduction British Military Air Power and the Cold War 194590 | 1 |
Chapter 1 The Immediate PostWar Colonial Conflicts | 6 |
Chapter 2 Confrontation 1 Ideological | 44 |
Chapter 3 Colonial Conflicts in the 1950s | 84 |
Chapter 4 The Airborne Nuclear Deterrent | 127 |
Chapter 5 The Middle East 1950s and 1960s | 184 |
Chapter 6 Humanitarian Aid Peacekeeping and Conflict Avoidance | 240 |
Chapter 7 Confrontation 2 Territorial | 284 |
Chapter 8 Homeland Security | 344 |
Chapter 9 The Middle East in the 1980s | 370 |
Epilogue | 408 |
Aircraft Descriptions | 409 |
Operations Projects and Exercises | 410 |
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