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Abstract
In the late 1950s and until 1965, the US government promoted the creation of a naval force armed with ballistic missiles, known as Multilateral Force (MLF), with multinational crews and under NATO command. The initial proposal of the Eisenhower administration was to satisfy complaints from some NATO members about the US monopoly on European nuclear defense. Although the official aim was to provide an active role to European countries, particularly to Germany, in the joint nuclear strategy. with the MLF, the US were relying on both UK and France to integrate their respective nuclear deterrents into a single organism. However, this one would not be under the direct US control, at least it will avoid independents, if not divergents, nuclear strategies.Downloads
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