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001 2009044895
003 DLC
005 20101102083134.0
008 091026s2010 enka b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009044895
020 $a9780230205420 (hardback)
020 $a0230205429 (hardback)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn461895785
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBWKUK$dYDXCP$dCDX$dVVC$dDLC
043 $ae-uk---
050 00 $aUA647$b.G692 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.
650 0 $aCivil defense$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aNuclear warfare$xSafety measures$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aCivil defense$xGovernment policy$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xMilitary policy.
650 0 $aNuclear weapons$zGreat Britain$xHistory.