Britain's Cold War, culture, modernity and the Soviet threat, Nicholas J. Barnett
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- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Europe, Eastern
- Cold War + Influence
- War and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
- Cold War + Religious aspects
- Cold War in mass media
- Cold War in popular culture
- Nuclear warfare
- Popular culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Cold War in literature
- Cold War in art
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Britain's Cold War, culture, modernity and the Soviet threat, Nicholas J. Barnett
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-284) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Britain's Cold War
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
963352339
Responsibility statement
Nicholas J. Barnett
Series statement
International library of twentieth century history, 115
Sub title
culture, modernity and the Soviet threat
Summary
The cultural history of the Cold War has been characterised as an explosion of fear and paranoia, based on very little actual intelligence. Both the US and Soviet administrations have since remarked how far off the mark their predictions of the other's strengths and aims were. Yet so much of the cultural output of the period - in television, film, and literature - was concerned with the end of the world. Here, Nicholas Barnett looks at hart and design, opinion polls, the Mass Observation movement, popular fiction and newspapers to show how British people felt about the Soviet Union and the Cold War. In uncovering new primary source material, Barnett shows exactly how this seeped in to the art, literature, music and design of the period. --, Provided by publisher
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