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This text reveals the full extent of Britain's preparations for nuclear war during the Cold War. When would the Prime Minister have authorised the use of nuclear force? At what stage in a nuclear exchange would government and the country have broken down? Who would have gone with the PM and... read more

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The Cold War was a specialists' confrontation, not a people's conflict, though it aroused fear on a wide scale, not just among rival sets of war planners and decision-makers.

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  1. Peter Hennessy (Author)
 

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