British Nuclear Mobilisation Since 1945

Introduction: social and cultural histories of British nuclear mobilisation since 1945

Jonathan Hogg and Kate Brown

1. Mass observing the atom bomb: the emotional politics of August 1945

Claire Langhamer

2. '...what in the hell's this?' Rehearsing nuclear war in Britain's Civil Defence Corps

Jessica Douthwaite

3. 'Nuclear Prospects': the siting and construction of Sizewell A power station 1957-1966

Christine Wall

4. Weaponising peace: the Greater London Council, cultural policy, and 'GLC Peace Year 1983'

Hazel Atashroo

5. Resist and survive: Welsh protests and the British nuclear state in the 1980s

Christophe Laucht and Martin Johnes

6. Britain, West Africa and 'The new nuclear imperialism': decolonisation and development during French tests

Christopher Robert Hill

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• História social e cultural
• História do século 20: c 1900 a c 2000
• A Guerra Fria
• História Militar
• História da Europa
• Estudos sobre a paz e resolução de conflitos

Cold War policy;nuclear deterrence history;civil defence Britain;atomic energy development;anti-nuclear protest movements;decolonisation nuclear politics;British military-industrial complex impact