ISBN:
9780367743154
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
vii, 132 Seiten
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Illustrationen
DDC:
306.270941
Schlagwort(e):
20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.)
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20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
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British & Irish history
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Europäische Geschichte
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Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
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Geschichte
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HISTORY / Military / General
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Kalte Kriege und Stellvertreterkonflikte
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Military history
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Moderne Kriegsführung
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace
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Peace studies & conflict resolution
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Politics & government
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
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Social & cultural history
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Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte
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The Cold War
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Warfare & defence
Kurzfassung:
This book explores aspects of the social and cultural history of nuclear Britain in the Cold War era (1945-1991) and contributes to a more multivalent exploration of the consequences of nuclear choices which are too often left unacknowledged by historians of post-war Britain
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Introduction: social and cultural histories of British nuclear mobilisation since 1945Jonathan Hogg and Kate Brown 1. Mass observing the atom bomb: the emotional politics of August 1945Claire Langhamer2. ...what in the hell s this? Rehearsing nuclear war in Britain s Civil Defence CorpsJessica Douthwaite3. Nuclear Prospects : the siting and construction of Sizewell A power station 1957-1966Christine Wall4. Weaponising peace: the Greater London Council, cultural policy, and GLC Peace Year 1983 Hazel Atashroo5. Resist and survive: Welsh protests and the British nuclear state in the 1980sChristophe Laucht and Martin Johnes6. Britain, West Africa and The new nuclear imperialism : decolonisation and development during French testsChristopher Robert Hill
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