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100	1		_aWyss, Marco.
245	1	0	_aArms transfers, neutrality and Britain's role in the Cold War : _bAnglo-Swiss relations, 1945-1958 / _cby Marco Wyss.
264		1	_aLeiden ; _aBoston : _bBrill.
264		4	_cc2013.
300			_a1 online resource (xvii, 404 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aHistory of warfare ; _vv. 79
500			_aTitle from PDF title page (viewed on Nov. 7, 2012).
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_aPreliminary Material -- Introduction -- A World in Motion -- Anglo-Swiss Relations 1945–1949 -- Vampires ‘off the Shelf’ -- ‘Homemade’ Vampires? -- Intermediate Conclusion I -- A Divided and Unstable World -- Anglo-Swiss Relations 1949–1953 -- Engines and Venoms -- Centurion I -- Intermediate Conclusion II -- A World in Tension -- Anglo-Swiss Relations 1953–1958 -- Centurion II -- Hunter -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.
506			_aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520			_aGreat Britain was neutral Switzerland's main supplier of heavy weaponry during the early Cold War. Marco Wyss analyses this armaments relationship against the background of Anglo-Swiss relations between 1945 and 1958, and thereby assesses the role of arms transfers, neutrality and Britain, as well as the two countries' political, economic and military relations. By using multi-archival research, the author discovers \'traits of specialness\' in the Anglo-Swiss relationship, analyses the incentives for Berne's weapons purchases and London's arms sales, sheds new light on the Cold War arms transfer system and the motivations of the participating states, and questions the sustainability of neutrality during the East-West conflict, as well as Britain's role from a western neutral and small power perspective.
650		0	_aArms transfers _zGreat Britain.
650		0	_aArms transfers _zSwitzerland.
650		0	_aCold War.
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International _2bisacsh
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General _2bisacsh
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xForeign relations _zSwitzerland.
651		0	_aSwitzerland _xForeign relations _zGreat Britain.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tArms Transfers, Neutrality and Britain's Role in the Cold War: Anglo-Swiss Relations 1945-1958 _dLeiden, Boston : BRILL, 2013, _z9789004234413
830		0	_aHistory of Warfare _v79.
830		0	_aEuropean History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248670.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004234437
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