Full name: The Secret State: Whitehall and the Cold War

Author: Peter Hennessy Year: 2002 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Politics, Non Fiction, War/Military Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780141008356 0141008350

As Cold War Britain came under the terrifying shadow of nuclear destruction, secret government plans were underway to ensure the survival of a chosen few ... Peter Hennessy's sensational book draws on recently declassified intelligence and war-planning documents, and interviews with key officials, to reveal a chilling behind-the-scenes picture of the corridors of power when the world teetered on the brink of disaster. Who would have gone underground with the Prime Minister in the event of an attack? Where is their secret bunker? Under what circumstances would we retaliate? Where were the Soviets' UK targets thought to be? Whose finger was -- and is -- on the button? And what kind of world would have been left when the dust had settled and 'breakdown' had occurred ...? Similar books: Mayday by Michael Beschloss The Cold War by Martin Walker The Global Cold War by Odd Arne Westad The Strange Death of Liberal England by George Dangerfield The Cold War by Odd Arne Westad The Dead Hand by David E. Hoffman The Defence of the Realm by Christopher Andrew A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr The Great War for Civilisation by Robert Fisk Drift by Rachel Maddow Ghost Wars by Steve Coll Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks Imperial Life in the Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran The March of Folly by Barbara W. Tuchman Dereliction of Duty by H. R. McMaster America's War for the Greater Middle East by Andrew J. Bacevich Kill Anything That Moves by Nick Turse Overthrow by Stephen Kinzer The Fall of the Ottomans by Eugene Rogan The Good Soldiers by David Finkel