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Review of Sleepwalking to Armageddon, The Guardian

Post author By Julie
Post date 21st May 2018
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Collection of essays exploring the current nuclear threat

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/06/sleepwalking-to-armageddon-helen-caldicott-review

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Review of Armageddon and Paranoia, Prospect

Post author By Julie
Post date 21st May 2018
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Book surveying the tensions of the Cold War and how they almost tipped us into catastrophe.

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/what-a-new-book-on-the-cold-war-could-teach-trump-and-kim-jong-un

Tags america, cold war, russia

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Review of Moscow Calling by Angus Roxburgh, The TLS

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Post date 21st May 2018
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Memoir of the BBC’s former Moscow correspondent about life in the USSR

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/private/memoirs-220/

Tags Moscow, russia, soviet unio, ussr

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Review of The Doomsday Machine by Daniel Ellsberg, The TLS

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Post date 21st May 2018
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Book review of a whistle-blowing memoir from inside the American government’s nuclear war planning.

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/private/project-retro/

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Review of Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy, The Times

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Post date 21st May 2018
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My review of Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy. The Times, 12 May 2018

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/review-chernobyl-history-of-a-tragedy-by-serhii-plokhy-the-reactor-built-to-blast-w9qx03dth

Tags chernobyl, nuclear, ukraine

Sweden - Part 2 20th March 2024
Are the Swedish brave enough to take surstromming into their shelter? Find my Patreon page hereIntroductory music: No More Forevers by IX. By kind permission of IX.Further music: SCP-x3x (I am Not OK)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sweden - Part 1 11th March 2024
The Soviets tried to call the Baltic "the sea of peace" but Sweden had a few objections. Especially as any disruptions to the Baltic "peace" seemed to be coming from the Soviets, not the Swedes. In this episode we look at how Sweden's position on the Baltic, uncomfortably close to the Soviet Union, drew her […]
Four Minutes of Threads, Part 28 7th February 2024
We reach the penultimate episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Fallout Shelters in US Schools 30th January 2024
Back in the archives this week. We look at a US civil defence booklet from 1969 about fallout shelters in schools. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1953: Churchill in Bermuda 18th December 2023
Churchill and Eden head to Bermuda for a conference with Eisenhower. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
No Nukes and Kisses 4th December 2023
Churchill sails across the Atlantic to meet Eisenhower - the new US President. But even though they are allies and friends from the war, there will be no nukes and kisses from Ike. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hurricane! Britain gets the bomb 27th November 2023
Britain gets the bomb! Then gets left behind again...Join us on Patreon for bonus episodes at www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Why Australia? 13th November 2023
Why did Britain choose Australia for its first nuclear test - and why did Australia say yes?Join me on Patreon for extra podcast episodes www.patreon.com/atomichoboThank you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Four Minutes of Threads, Part 27 7th November 2023
Ruth! Work! Up! In this episode we see the fine reward Ruth gets for rearing her child and guarding her from the ultimate horrors of the world. A bonus episode has been uploaded to my Patreon page for pod subscribers. It's another one on 1980s nuclear pop music. We look at RUSSIANS by Sting. You […]
Canadians Don't Flap! 16th October 2023
Looking at a Canadian civil defence magazine from the 1960s, called Survival.Its main purpose was to overcome apathy amongst Canadians about nuclear war and civil defence, and it tried to do this with some humour!You can find the whole magazine on my Patreon page at www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.