'Never a credible weapon': Nuclear cultures in British government during the era of the H-bomb

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Maguire, Richard (2012) 'Never a credible weapon': Nuclear cultures in British government during the era of the H-bomb. British Journal for the History of Science, 45 (4). pp. 519-533. ISSN 1474-001X

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Abstract

This article explores British 'nuclear culture' by examining how individuals and groups within British government tried to comprehend nuclear weapons after the advent of the hydrogen bomb in 1952. It argues that thinking about nuclear weaponry was not uniform, and there was no monolithic 'nuclear culture' in government. Instead, political and social habits interacted with Cold War experience to create views of the nuclear weapon-nuclear cultures-that varied across government to create a diverse, and shifting, set of ideas-nuclear cultures-about what the nuclear weapon meant in British hands, and the role it played in providing military power and political influence.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of History
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	04 Sep 2019 09:30
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2022 00:21
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/72100
DOI:	10.1017/S0007087412001033

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