Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

AvMartin Shaw

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

The launch of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 1958 signalled the first modern protest movement in Britain. Martin Shaw details CND's rise, the activists involved, the tensions with the Committee of 100 around direct action, and the culture, radicalism and social groups that were mobilized to "ban the bomb".The book discusses how a new movement in the 1980s, led by European Nuclear Disarmament and the Greenham women’s peace camp, helped remove cruise missiles from Europe and end the Cold War. It examines how the campaign influenced – and was influenced by – antiwar movements from Vietnam to Iraq and Gaza, as well as the environmental and women’s movements.As the nuclear threat returns in the 2020s, this study shows that the antinuclear movement’s ideas and the non-violent direct action it pioneered still reverberate in the campaign against the UK’s "nuclear deterrent" – and in protest movements from Stop the War to Extinction Rebellion.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-11-14
Mått:138 x 216 x 20 mm
Vikt:379 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Short Histories
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781788217774

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Politisk aktivism inom Samhälle och politik
Kärnvapen inom Samhälle och politik
Marxism och kommunism inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Martin Shaw is Emeritus Professor of International Relations and Politics at the University of Sussex, a Research Professor at IBEI in Barcelona, and has written widely on war, genocide, social movements and British politics. He was involved in the peace movement of the 1980s, in both CND and European Nuclear Disarmament, as well as the student and Vietnam War movements of the 1960s.

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This whirlwind tour of CND's history provides an accessible account of the political context, campaigning dynamics and significant impact of Britain's most enduring mass movement. Taking in key stops like Aldermaston, Greenham Common, Vietnam and Iraq, Shaw tells the story of this powerful grass-roots movement and brings it right up to date – as it continues to fight for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Well worth a read.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction1. Ban the Bomb, 1957–632. The campaign and the new movements, 1964–793. Against the Euromissiles, 1979–874. Ending the Cold War, facing the fallout, 1987–20015. Anti-nuclear and anti-war activism since 2001Conclusion