Britain’s Cold War

Nicholas Barnett is Lecturer in History at Liverpool John Moores University, UK, where he specializes in the cultural history of the Cold War.

• Introduction Chapter 1 Between West and East: Fellow Travellers and British Culture in the Early Cold WarChapter 2 “No Defence Against the H-bomb”: British Society and H-bomb Hysteria in 1954 Chapter 3 Engagements with “the Thaw”Chapter 4 British public culture and the Soviet Invasion of Budapest, 1956Chapter 5 “Russia Wins Space Race”: Britain and the Launch of Sputnik, October 1957Chapter 6 The Thriller and the Cold WarChapter 7 Accidental Nuclear War and Anti-Nuclear CampaignsChapter 8 ‘The Greatest story of our lifetime’: The successes and the limitations of Soviet ideologyChapter 9 The normalisation of relationsConclusion BibliographyIndex