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Cabinets and the Bomb
Sally Rooney
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Description for Cabinets and the Bomb
Paperback. The nuclear weapons question runs through recent British history like an irradiated thread. This collection of declassified papers uncovers the private debates and justifications for Britain being a nuclear power, exchanged between ministers, civil servants, scientists and intelligence officers. The narrative takes the story up to spring 2007. Editor(s): Hennessy, Peter. Series: British Academy Occasional Papers. Num Pages: 368 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPQB; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 296 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1364.
The nuclear weapons question runs through post-1940 British history like an irradiated thread. It represents part of the hidden history of twentieth-century Britain, given the high level of technical secrecy and political sensitivity in which the bomb was - and is - embedded. This volume publishes previously classified Cabinet papers and related archives, dealing with the first theoretical scientific breakthrough in 1940, through the A-bomb and H-bomb procurements, to the Polaris missile upgrading decisions of the 1970s. The story is brought up to date in Peter Hennessy's narrative, which covers developments up to the spring of 2007. ... Read more
The nuclear weapons question runs through post-1940 British history like an irradiated thread. It represents part of the hidden history of twentieth-century Britain, given the high level of technical secrecy and political sensitivity in which the bomb was - and is - embedded. This volume publishes previously classified Cabinet papers and related archives, dealing with the first theoretical scientific breakthrough in 1940, through the A-bomb and H-bomb procurements, to the Polaris missile upgrading decisions of the 1970s. The story is brought up to date in Peter Hennessy's narrative, which covers developments up to the spring of 2007. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Series
British Academy Occasional Papers
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780197264225
SKU
V9780197264225
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Reviews for Cabinets and the Bomb
The declassified papers offer an extraordinary perspective on things that were long secret...This is a rich collection that deserves extended study.
Milan Rai, Peace News
...fascinating...Cabinets and the Bomb will appeal to the public as well as to professional historians and researchers and students and others studying the history of the Cold War.
Frank Barnaby, Oxford Research ... Read more
Milan Rai, Peace News
...fascinating...Cabinets and the Bomb will appeal to the public as well as to professional historians and researchers and students and others studying the history of the Cold War.
Frank Barnaby, Oxford Research ... Read more