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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

Nuclear News from 1980s Sussex 4th September 2024
How to keep your village free from "marauders" - the local issues concerning Sussex in the early 80s.Tickets now on sale for this year's HoboCon - www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Four Minutes of When The Wind Blows, Part 2 27th August 2024
Tickets now available for HoboCon '24 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Threads. Get them here www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Riddley Walker 12th August 2024
Is this the only great nuclear war novel? And will it fry your head? Grab your spear and head to post-holocaust Kent with Riddley Walker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Four Minutes of When The Wind Blows 23rd July 2024
First in our new series, examining WHEN THE WIND BLOWS, four minutes at a time.(Please excuse any snaps or clicks you might hear. It's my pup chewing. She's too young to be left unattended, or to sleep soundly whilst I'm recording. Some sounds have intruded, but I have tried to edit out the most obtrusive […]
The FINAL Four Minutes of Threads 10th June 2024
The final Four Minutes of Threads episode!I have also put every Four Minutes episode together, minus all the intros and outros, into one gigantic podcast episode. It is 12 hours' long! Twelve Hours of Threads. Twelve hours! No intros. No outros. No ads. Just edited down to the pure essence of THREADS for twelve long […]
The Doomies Go To Washington 6th June 2024
The 1981 conference of the American Civil Defense Association, featuring discussion of pancake batter, Kansas City, Minutemen, and The Twilight ZoneJoin me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/atomichoboGet a copy of my book, Attack Warning Red, here: https://linktr.ee/attackwarningredIntroductory music: "No More Forevers" by IX. By kind permission of IX.Other music: "Martian Cowboy" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative […]
The Committee on the Present Danger 28th May 2024
Get extra content and bonus episodes at www.patreon.com/atomichobo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sweden - Part 5 21st May 2024
Join me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/atomichoboGet a copy of my book, Attack Warning Red, here: https://linktr.ee/attackwarningredIntroductory music: "No More Forevers" by IX. By kind permission of IX.Other music: "Martian Cowboy" 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 4 14th May 2024
The second half of Sweden's 1961 civil defence booklet, covering evacuation, letters home, luggage, baths and plastic sheeting.Join me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/atomichoboGet a copy of my book, Attack Warning Red, here: https://linktr.ee/attackwarningredIntroductory music: "No More Forevers" by IX. By kind permission of IX.Other music: "Martian Cowboy" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution […]
Sweden - Part 3 7th May 2024
The 1961 version of the Swedish civil defence booklet has been translated for me by two kind listeners. Let's explore it, comparing it to the British booklet of the same era.You can find the Swedish booklet, plus its Second World War version and the later 1950s edition, at my Patreon page. Join me here at […]