British Nuclear Mobilisation Since 1945 : Social and Cultural Histories (Paperback)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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