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25 de feb. de 2013 · 1. C. Gordon, “Duncan Sandys and the independent nuclear deterrent,” in I. F. W. Beckett and J. Gooch, eds., Politicians and Defence.Studies in the Formulation of British Defence Policy (Manchester, 1981), pp. 132–53; M. Navis, “‘Vested interests and vanished dreams': Duncan Sandys, the Chiefs of Staff and the 1957 Defence White Paper,” in P. Smith, ed., Government and the Armed ...
This book offers new perspectives on British nuclear policy-making at the height of the Cold War, arguing that the decisions taken by the British government during the 1950s and 1960s in pursuit of its nuclear ambitions cannot be properly understood without close reference to Duncan Sandys, and in particular the policy preferences that emerged from his experiences of the Second World War and ...
Duncan Sandys took up his appointment on 13 January 1957 having been specifically instructed to secure ‘a substantial reduction in expenditure and manpower’ in the armed forces, and having been granted much more formidable powers than any previous Minister of Defence. Eleven weeks of furious activity followed during which many toes were ...
Extract from a draft minute from Prime Minister Anthony Eden (written by Cabinet Secretary, Norman Brooke) to Duncan Sandys, Minister of Housing and Local Government. Sandys had commented on the lack of information made to the wider Cabinet on the question of using military force in reaction to President Nasser’s decision to nationalise the canal.
Lord Duncan-Sandys was born 24 January 1908, the only son of Captain George Sandys, formerly MP for Wells, and Mildred. He married Diana Spencer-Churchill, daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, in 1935 and they divorced in 1960 (she died 1963).
The 2019 3D Journeys "Magic of Morocco" lecture series presents Duncan Sandys, the great grandson of Winston Churchill. His topic: "Churchill and Morocco."
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5 de dic. de 2008 · Long understood as the key document in Britain's Cold War history, the Duncan Sandys Defence White Paper of 1957 nevertheless has a largely forgotten context: home defence. This article argues that understanding this context allows important new conclusions to be drawn concerning the drafting, presentation and the reception of the document and the deterrent strategy it expounded.
