GB 0099 KCLMA Clearwater - CLEARWATER, Dr John Murray (b 1966)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Clearwater

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CLEARWATER, Dr John Murray (b 1966)

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  • Created 1943-1996 (Creation)

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8 boxes or 0.08 cubic metres

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Born in 1966; studied political science at the University of Winnipeg, Canada; awarded Master's degree on Soviet and Canadian military policy and nuclear weapons doctrine by Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1990; employed as analyst and historian for Air Command Headquarters, Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg, Canada, 1991-1992; former PhD student in the Department of War Studies, King's College London, 1993-1996; employed by the National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, Canada.
Publications: Canadian nuclear weapons (The untold story of Canada's Cold War arsenal) (Dundurn Press, Toronto, Canada, 1998).

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GB 0099 KCLMA Clearwater Created 1943-1996 Collection (fonds) 8 boxes or 0.08 cubic metres Clearwater , John Murray , b 1966 , military analyst and historian
Born in 1966; studied political science at the University of Winnipeg, Canada; awarded Master's degree on Soviet and Canadian military policy and nuclear weapons doctrine by Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1990; employed as analyst and historian for Air Command Headquarters, Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg, Canada, 1991-1992; former PhD student in the Department of War Studies, King's College London, 1993-1996; employed by the National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, Canada.
Publications: Canadian nuclear weapons (The untold story of Canada's Cold War arsenal) (Dundurn Press, Toronto, Canada, 1998).

Presented to the Centre by Clearwater in 1993 and 1996.

Typescript text of doctoral thesis entitled 'The birth of Strategic Arms Control during the Johnson Administration, 1964-1969', King's College London, 1996, with copies of US Government documents, 1964-1972, used by Clearwater in his research. Also, typescript transcripts of interviews with US politicians and foreign policy advisers, including Walt Rostow, Butch Fisher, Paul Warnke, (David) Dean Rusk, Clark McAdams Clifford, Alain Enthoven, Bus Wheeler, John McConnell, John Davis, Robert Strange McNamara and Paul H Nitze. Newspaper cuttings and articles, 1982-1983, relating to the Falklands War, 1982, from US, Argentinian and Canadian sources. Canadian and US newspaper cuttings, articles and copies of official documents relating to the USSR, 1943-1990.

Arranged in sections as above.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
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Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Sep 1998 Americas Argentina Arms control Canada Caribbean Clearwater , John Murray , b 1966 , military analyst and historian Clifford , Clark McAdams , b 1906 , US Secretary of Defense Davis , John , fl 1964-1972 Disarmament Eastern Europe Enthoven , Alain , b 1930 , economist and systems analyst Falklands War (1982) Fisher , Butch , fl 1964-1972 Foreign policy Foreign relations Government International conflicts International relations Johnson , Lyndon Baines , 1908-1973 , US President McConnell , John , fl 1964-1972 McNamara , Robert Strange , b 1916 , US Secretary of Defense Nitze , Paul Henry , b 1907 , US defence official North America Peace Public administration Rostow , Walt Whitman , b 1916 , US economist Rusk , David Dean , 1909-1994 , US Secretary of State South America Soviet Union USA US Central Government USSR War Warnke , Paul Culliton , b 1920 , lawyer and US defence official Wheeler , Bus , fl 1964-1972 Wars (events)

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Presented to the Centre by Clearwater in 1993 and 1996.

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Typescript text of doctoral thesis entitled 'The birth of Strategic Arms Control during the Johnson Administration, 1964-1969', King's College London, 1996, with copies of US Government documents, 1964-1972, used by Clearwater in his research. Also, typescript transcripts of interviews with US politicians and foreign policy advisers, including Walt Rostow, Butch Fisher, Paul Warnke, (David) Dean Rusk, Clark McAdams Clifford, Alain Enthoven, Bus Wheeler, John McConnell, John Davis, Robert Strange McNamara and Paul H Nitze. Newspaper cuttings and articles, 1982-1983, relating to the Falklands War, 1982, from US, Argentinian and Canadian sources. Canadian and US newspaper cuttings, articles and copies of official documents relating to the USSR, 1943-1990.

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Arranged in sections as above.

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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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English

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Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

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Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

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  • English

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