Book Reviews : Britain and Nuclear Weapons. Lawrence Freedman. Studies in International Security. R.I.I.A. Papermac (Macmillan) £12.00
| Published date | 01 April 1981 |
| DOI | 10.1177/004711788100700112 |
| Date | 01 April 1981 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
1077
papers
deliverei
by
experts
in
the
particular
field
dealt
with.
In
his
Intro-
duction
Profesur
Watt
states
that
he
&dquo;believes
that
in
the
long
term
there
will
prove
to
be 30
alternative
to
an
agreed
system
of
managing
the
various
resources
of
tie North
Sea
in
the
interests
of
all
the
peoples
who
live
on
its
shores.
G~phy,
geology,
meteorology
and
especially
marine
biology
make
any
sepsation
of
its
resources
into
national
parcels
unpredictable
if
not
impossde.
But,
the
present
state
of
national
and
international
politics
combics
with the
fears
and
anxieties
of those
whose
livelihoods
and
ways
of
~cught
have
been
subject
to
too
many
changes
and
too
many
shocks
ir
100
short
a
time
to
make
it
clear
that
this
development
is
not
one
that
mzy
soon
be
expected
to
show
itself.&dquo;
Part
I
cocssts
of
Main
Papers
on:
1
The
North
Sea:
A
Challenge
of
Disorganized
Opportunities?,
Mrs.
Pat
Birnie,
North
Sea
Planning:
2
The
Role
of
Nati
Regimens,
Luc
Cuyvers;
3
Preconditions
For
An
Inter-
national
Offsbzm
Regime-Administration, .
Management,
Policing
and
Emergency
Se;-6.~.
Commander
M.
B.
F.
Ranken;
4
A
German
View
of
the
North
Sea
Mineral
Development,
Dr.
Hans-Gunther
Stalp;
5
Solving
the
Problems
Sea
is
Not
Only
a
Question
of
Regime,
Dr. Peter
Koeke-
bakker ;
6
The
North
Sea
and
its
Approaches:
The
Case
for
and
against
an
Internatiorul
Regime-A
German
View,
Dr.
Renate
Platzoder.
Part
II
consists
of
Background
Papers
Scientific
Section
on:
I
The
Geological
Evcbifion
of
the
North
Sea,
Professor
A.
J.
Smith;
2
Weather
and
Waves
in
the
North
Sea,
R.
J.
Ogden;
3
North
Sea
Oceanography:
The
Current
Station
and
Possible
Future
Developments,
J.
W.
Ramster;
4
Sea-Use
Planabg
in
the
Southern
North
Sea-The
Shipping
Background,
W.
Burger,
Jr.
and
H.
D.
Smith;
5
The
Importance
of
North
Sea
Fishery
Resources,
Ian
&-ott;
6
Oil
Pollution,
A.
J.
O’Sullivan;
7
The
North
Sea-
Statement
on
Hygraphic
Knoweldge.
Part
III
consists
of
Background
Papers:
National
Policies
and
Policy-
Making
MacE-nery
on:
I
Offshore
Policies
and
Policy
Making
in
the
United
Kingdou,
Professor
Donald
Cameron
Watt;
2
Dutch
Offshore
Policy,
Dr.
A.
E.
Koers;
3
(i)
The
Danish
Regime
in
the
North
Sea,
Com-
mander
Soren
Lund;
(ii)
Danish
Offshore
Policy,
Dr.
Ib
Faurby.
Part
IV
consists
of
Background
Papers:
International
Organizations
on:
1
The
Defence
of
the
North
Sea
and
Approaches
to
North-West
Europe,
statement
by
the
North
Atlantic
Treaty
Organization;
2
Preven-
tion
and
Control
of
Pollution
and
Protection
of
the
Marine
Environment:
The
actions
Undertaken
by
the
European
Community,
statement
issued
by
the
European
Community;
3
The
Oil
Industry
International
Exploration
and
Production
Forum,
Dr.
T. F.
Gaskell.
Part
V
consists
of
Reports
of
Study
Groups.
Study
Group
1:
Dr.
Ib
Faurby;
Study
Group
2:
Environmental
Aspects,
Dr.
C. T.
Cragg;
Study
Group
3:
Technology,
A.
0.
Brundtland;
Study
Group
4:
Fisheries,
Neville
March
Hunnings;
Study
Group
5:
Shipping,
Dr.
Uwe
Jenisch;
Study
Group
6:
Enforcement
and
Defence,
Dr.
Christopher
M.
Mason;
Study
Group
7:
Alternative
Legal
Regimes,
A.
H.
A.
Soons,
and
Part
VI
the
Final
Plenary
Session,
1
Summary
of
Points
Raised
in
Final
Discussion;
2
Chairman’s
Concluding
Address,
Professor
Donald
Cameron
Watt.
Britain
and
Nuclear
Weapons.
Lawrence
Freedman.
Studies
in
International
Security.
R.I.I.A.
Papermac
(Macmillan)
£12.00.
This
is
an
excellent
attempt
to
weigh
the
pros
and
cons
of
the
British
nuclear
deterrent
without
any
evidence
of
bias,
for
or
against.
A
most
timely
and
indeed
an
essential
exercise
when
emotion,
on
one
side
or
the
other,
is
apt
to
overbalance
judgement.
The
facts
are
set
out
clearly
and
cogently
and
all
the
relevant
factors
considered
and
weighed,
not
least
the
cost
of
maintaining
or
replacing
nuclear
armaments
both
financially
and
politically.
The
whole
problem
is
examined
in
the
wider
context
of
European
and
American
policy
as
expressed
through
N.A.T.O.
and
in
the
political
framework
of
its
component
countries.
The
final
conclusion
is
inescapable.
&dquo;The
politics
of
beginning
or
terminating
some
activity
are
usually
far
more
difficult
and
complicated
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