Military - new material (16)
01 December 1996
Disarming women Neil Goodwin. Squall No. 14 (Autumn) 1996 pp20- 21. This piece examines the case of peace campaigners who were acquitted of criminal damage after disarming a fighter plane at British Aerospace that was destined for Indonesia.
Changing face of conscription Phil Rimmer. Peace News (November) 1996 p14. Examination of conscript armies in Europe that concludes a combination of factors - career plans, peace campaigning, economics and the military - are ringing the death knell for conscription in Europe .
Documents of the Assembly of the Western European Union: Document 1540 (15 October 1996) The peace process in the Balkans
Document 1541 (15 October 1996) The role of Europe in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Document 1542 (4 November 1996) The Eastern Dimension of European Security. Document 1543 (4 November 1996) Security in the Mediterranean region.
Documents of the Defence and Security Commission of the North Atlantic Assembly: AN 230 (24 October 1996) CJTF and the reform of NATO AN 231 (9 October 1996) Partnership for Peace: A basis for new security structures and an incentive for Military reform in Europe AN 233 (10 October 1996) Baltic Security: A challenge for a new Europe.
Mediterranean to get rapid reaction force. Jane's Defence Weekly, 20.11.96. Italy France Spain and Portugal have inaugurated the 20.000 strong Eurofor a combined rapid deployment force in the Mediterranean area with headquarters in Florence.
Kernwwaffen in Europa: Auslaufmodell oder Force d'Europe? (Nuclear weapons in Europe; opt-out model or european force), Oliver Meier. The development towards a common European foreign, security and defence policy puts the question of a European nuclear force on the agenda.
Lastenteilung und Steitkrftenumfang der Atlantischen Allianz (Burden-sharing and strength of armed forces in the Atlantic Alliance) Riener K. Huber and Paul K. Davis. Unilateral reductions of NATO's armed forces for financial reasons could endanger a fair burden-sharing on the long term and lead to the decline of the alliance.
Das Kommando Spezialkrfte ist eine Elitetruppe (The special forces command is an elite unit) Peter Streubel. Wehrtechnik, no 11 1996. Short description of the new 1000 man strong German special forces group.
Martin Butcher Nuclear Weapons in the European Union. CESD (Centre for European Security) Martin Butcher. Issues in European Security no 5 May 1996. The report examines the future of nuclear weapons in the EU in particular the possibility that European nations will create a European nuclear force based on French and British national nuclear forces and separate from US forces in NATO.
Parliamentary debates
Defence estimates Commons 15.10.96. cols. 609-690 Foreign affairs and defence Commons 24.10.96. cols. 129-226 Political-Military doctrines Lords 28.11.96. cols. 443-458