After the bomb
Subtitle: civil defence and nuclear war in Cold War Britain, 1945-68
By: Matthew Grant.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780230205420
Subjects: Nuclear weapons -- Great Britain -- History; Great Britain -- Military policy
Description: "Civil defence was an integral part of Britain's modern history. Throughout the cold war it was a central response of the British Government to the threat of war. This book is the first history of the preparations to fight a nuclear war taken in Britain between the end of the Second World War and 1968"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Abbreviations; title: Introduction; title: The Cold War and the New Civil Defence; title: Preparing for a Third World War; title: Protecting the Public; title: The Hydrogen Bomb Revolution; title: Years of Decision; title: Separate Spheres of Civil Defence; title: Equipoise, Crisis and Reform; title: Gradual Decline and Sudden Fall; title: Conclusion; title: Notes and References; title: Bibliography