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050 00 $aUA647$b.G736 2010
082 00 $a363.350941/09045$222
100 1 $aGrant, Matthew,$d1980-
245 10 $aAfter the bomb :$bcivil defence and nuclear war in Britain, 1945-68 /$cMatthew Grant.
260 $aBasingstoke, UK ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2010.
300 $axi, 249 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe Cold War and the new civil defence -- Preparing for a third World War -- Protecting the public -- The hydrogen bomb revolution -- Years of decision -- Separate spheres of civil defence -- Equipoise, crisis and reform -- Gradual decline and sudden fall.
520 $a"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.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xMilitary policy.
650 0 $aNuclear weapons$zGreat Britain$xHistory.
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