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Nuclear Fear: The Prologue, Part 2
Here is the second part of the Prologue to NUCLEAR FEAR, my book on nuclear pop culture which can't find a publisher.
Should I self-publish? Are there…
3 months, 1 week ago
Nuclear Fear: the Prologue
A different episode from the usual: this is Part One of the Prologue from my second book, NUCLEAR FEAR. Unfortunately, it cannot find a publisher.
NU…
3 months, 1 week ago
Jitters in North Carolina?
Two nuclear crises hit in the early 60s: the Berlin Crisis in '61, then Cuba in '62. How did the good people of North Carolina react?
In other news, I…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Sculthorpe Nuclear Weapons Incident
What happened on a Norfolk air base in 1958 when an American threatened to k1ll himself by firing a gun into an atomic bomb?
My thanks to the Conelra…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Soviet Civil Defence: The Komsomol
The Soviet youth organisation, the Komsomol, and how it prepared the young for nuclear war with "predators from the imperialist jungle", as Khrushche…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Soviet Civil Defence: The Trouble With Vegetables
Americans in the early 50s were told there was a "civil defence gap", and that the Soviets were superior in protecting their population? Was this tru…
5 months ago
Greenland: The Thule Air Base
Why is America so interested in Greenland? What was its role in nuclear attack and early warning? And what happened when a huge B52 bomber carrying …
5 months, 1 week ago
Harold Macmillan, Part 4: Pressing the Button
How would Harold Macmillan have ordered nuclear retaliation?
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5 months, 2 weeks ago
Harold Macmillan, Part 3
Thor is here!
In 1958, the American Thor missiles arrive in the east of England, creating a headache for the authorities, and pain for those who prot…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Harold Macmillan, Part 2
Supermac becomes Prime Minister in January 1957, a bumper year for nuclear matters!
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6 months, 1 week ago