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Britain's Cold War : culture, modernity and the Soviet threat / Nicholas J. Barnett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnett, Nicholas J., author.
- Series:
- International library of twentieth century history ; 115.
- International library of twentieth century history ; 115
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cold War--Influence.
- Cold War.
- Cold War in literature.
- Cold War (1945-1989) in literature.
- Cold War in art.
- Cold War in mass media.
- Cold War (1945-1989) in mass media.
- Cold War in popular culture.
- Cold War (1945-1989) in popular culture.
- Cold War--Religious aspects.
- Nuclear warfare.
- War and society.
- History.
- International relations.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
- Great Britain.
- Soviet Union.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--Europe, Eastern.
- War and society--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Popular culture--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Popular culture.
- Eastern Europe.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 292 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, NY : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2018.
- Contents:
- 1 Between West and East: Fellow-Travellers and British Culture in the Early Cold War p. 21
- The 'Red Dean' and Early Cold War Culture p. 23
- The World Peace Congress p. 33
- Murder in Moscow and Cold War Allies and Enemies p. 40
- 2 'No Defence Against the H-bomb': British Society and H-bomb Consciousness in 1954 p. 47
- The Emergence of the H-bomb in British Media p. 50
- The Coventry Civil Defence Scandal p. 55
- The Coventry Civil Defence Exercise p. 63
- 3 'The Iron Curtain is Melting Away': Encounters with 'The Thaw' p. 73
- A Camera in Russia p. 74
- Sporting Engagements p. 84
- Khrushchev in Britain p. 87
- The Ponomareva Affair p. 92
- 4 'When are the British Coming to Help Us?': British Responses to the Soviet Invasion of Budapest, 1956 p. 99
- The Crumbling of the Soviet Empire? p. 100
- The Repression p. 106
- Re-Stalinisation p. 114
- 5 'Russia Wins Space Race': The British Press and the Launch of Sputnik, October 1957 p. 127
- The Soviet Sputnik p. 128
- Science Fiction Becomes Science Fact p. 132
- The First Earthling in Orbit p. 138
- The Dog's Death p. 142
- 6 The Thriller and the Cold War p. 148
- The Cold War as a Game p. 151
- Cold War Insecurity p. 156
- An Agent Without Agency p. 164
- 7 Nuclear Anxieties and Popular Culture p. 174
- Nuclear Anxieties and Protest Movements p. 176
- Fiction and Mutually Assured Destruction p. 181
- Criticising the Cold War p. 185
- 8 'The Greatest Story of Our Lifetime': The Successes and the Limitations of Soviet Ideology p. 195
- Modernity and Declinist Narratives p. 196
- Yuri Gagarin in Britain p. 204
- The Building of the Berlin Wall p. 206
- Damn You England p. 215
- 9 Viewing the Soviet Union at the End of Khrushchev's Rule p. 219
- The 'Matrix of Us and Them' in The Ashes of Loda p. 222
- After the Coup p. 227.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-284) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1784538051
- 9781784538057
- OCLC:
- 963352339
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