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‘No protection against the H-bomb’ : press and popular reactions to the Coventry civil defence controversy, 1954 (2014)
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Barnett, N. (2014). ‘No protection against the H-bomb’ : press and popular reactions to the Coventry civil defence controversy, 1954. Cold War History, 15(3), 2014. https://doi.org/10.1080/14682745.2014.968558

This article examines British popular and media reactions to America’s Bravo test shot in April 1954 and Coventry City Council’s subsequent decision to abandon Civil Defence. The article finds three key motifs emerged which relate to Britain’s broade... Read More about ‘No protection against the H-bomb’ : press and popular reactions to the Coventry civil defence controversy, 1954.