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- Objectstaat
- ISBN-13
- 9781472530806
- Type
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9781472530806
- Book Title
- Churchill and the Bomb in War and Cold War
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science
- Topic
- Military / Nuclear Warfare, Military / World War II, Modern / 20th Century, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, International Relations / General, Historical
- Item Width
- 6.3in
- Item Weight
- 22.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 424 Pages
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Covering the development of the atomic bomb during the Second World War, the origins and early course of the Cold War, and the advent of the hydrogen bomb in the early 1950s, Churchill and the Bomb explores a still neglected aspect of Winston Churchill's career - his relationship with and thinking on nuclear weapons. Kevin Ruane shows how Churchill went from regarding the bomb as a weapon of war in the struggle with Nazi Germany to viewing it as a weapon of communist containment (and even punishment) in the early Cold War before, in the 1950s, advocating and arguably pioneering what would become known as "mutually assured destruction" as the key to preventing the Cold War flaring into a calamitous nuclear war. While other studies of Churchill have touched on his evolving views on nuclear weapons, few historians have given this hugely important issue the kind of dedicated and sustained treatment it deserves. In Churchill and the Bomb , however, Kevin Ruane has undertaken extensive primary research in Britain, the United States and Europe, and accessed a wide array of secondary literature, in producing an immensely readable yet detailed, insightful and provocative account of Churchill's nuclear hopes and fears.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
1472530802
ISBN-13
9781472530806
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219336028
Product Key Features
Book Title
Churchill and the Bomb in War and Cold War
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / Nuclear Warfare, Military / World War II, Modern / 20th Century, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, International Relations / General, Historical
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
424 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Da566.9.C5r78 2016
Edition Description
Digital Original
Reviews
[An] astute chronicle of a long overlooked aspect of Churchill's service to Great Britain ... Ruane makes a compelling case for the atomic bomb as both a military and a diplomatic instrument, as seen from the perspective of a power vulnerable to Soviet devastation a decade earlier than the United States ... Kevin Ruane has refined our understanding of a towering figure of the twentieth century., "If you thought there was nothing fresh to say about Winston Churchill, the look at Kevin Ruane's tremendously assured Churchill and the Bomb which has new things to say both about the great man himself and the diplomatic climate of the 1940s and 1950s." - A Book of the Year, BBC History "Excellent ... Thorough in its analysis and scrupulously fair in its judgments." - A Book of the Year, Times Higher Education "A hugely impressive analysis of Churchill's relationship with peaceful and military nuclear fission ... There have been books on this subject before, but Kevin Ruane's is the best of them and has the huge advantage of making complicated scientific theories easily explicable to the layman ... [The subject] makes for gripping reading in Ruane's capable hands." - Literary Review "Churchill's remarkable career continues to fascinate. Many in the stream of new books about him are mere potboilers, but a few, like Ruane's, combine excellent scholarship with great readability. Ruane (Canterbury Christ Church Univ., UK) argues that Churchill's post-1945 career (often dismissed as a disappointing coda to the great war years) in fact shows a Churchill both adaptable and creative until his final retirement in 1955. And never was that so true as with his engagement with the nuclear age ... An important story very well told. Summing Up: Essential. All levels/libraries." - CHOICE "There are times when books appear whose insights have specific resonance, helping to create a greater understanding of world events than before. Kevin Ruane's profound analysis of the changing nature of the relationship between Winston Churchill and the development of the atomic bomb provides an example." - Military History Monthly "Kevin Ruane's Churchill and the Bomb is a work of impeccable scholarship, based on a profound study of many primary sources. It cannot be recommended too highly." - Twentieth-Century British History "This is an important addition to the Churchill literature, filling a gap...in what we can now know--thanks to declassification of documents on both sides of the Atlantic--about a crucial period, especially the postwar jockeying for national position in the growing Cold War." - Finest Hour: Journal of the International Churchill Society Kevin Ruane has taken as his subject Winston Churchill, a well-worn protagonist, dealing with a lesser-known subject, nuclear weapons, and produced an original, compelling study which hands the reader a real page-turner. - Kathleen Burke, University College London, UK, author of Old World, New World: the Story of Britain and America This masterly account is a very important addition to the Churchill literature ... By putting Churchill's atomic diplomacy into its wider context, Kevin Ruane illuminates one of the most vital issues of our times: the origins of the first weapons of Mass Destruction and the dilemmas that they pose for humanity. This book is scholarly yet easy to read and will appeal to all those interested in the period. - Richard Toye, University of Exeter, UK, author of Churchill's Empire: the World that Made him and the World He Made Kevin Ruane's study of Churchill's engagement with nuclear issues combines the in-depth knowledge of the Historian with a lucid writing style that readers will find highly informative and engaging. He has accessed a wide range of archives to tell a fascinating story that delves into nuclear science, great power diplomacy, British political history and the towering figure of Churchill himself. - John Young, Nottingham University, UK, author of Winston Churchill's Last Campaign: Britain and the Cold War 1951-1955
Table of Content
Acknowledgements Abbreviations used in text Introduction: So Many Winston Churchills Part I: War 1. Only Connect 2. Tube Alloys 3. Allies at War 4. The Quebec Agreement 5. Mortal Crimes 6. Bolsheviks, Bombs and Bad Omens 7. Trinity and Potsdam Part II: Cold War 8. Heavy Metal, Iron Curtain 9. Warmonger/Peacemonger 10. To the Summit 11. Atomic Angles 12. Hurricane Warning 13. A Pill to End it All 14. H-bomb Fever 15. The July Days 16. Sturdy Child of Terror Conclusion: '... if God wearied of mankind' Abbreviations used in notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2016
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2016-000484
Dewey Decimal
355.0217092
Dewey Edition
23
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Yes
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