After the bomb
Subtitle: civil defence and nuclear war in Britain, 1945-68
By: Matthew Grant
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Basingstoke, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780230205420
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: 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.