| After the Bomb: Civil Defence and Nuclear War in Britain, 1945-68 2010 Edition Contributor(s): Grant, M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230205429 ISBN-13: 9780230205420 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $123.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2009 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Military - Strategy - History | Military - Nuclear Warfare |
| Dewey: 363.350 |
| LCCN: 2009044895 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.6" (0.95 lbs) 249 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 1950's - Chronological Period - 1960's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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 will be the first history of the preparations to fight a nuclear war taken in Britain between the end of the Second World War and 1968. |