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Against the Bomb
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The movement was extraordinarily diverse and rich in its constituencies of support and complex in its ideological make-up. Thus anarchists, communists, and Trotskyists rubbed shoulders with Christians, liberals, members of the Labour party, and 'ordinary apolitical people', most of whom found in the movement a means by which they could articulate their growing fear and anxiety about the seemingly inexorable arms race, and the horror of nuclear war.
Dr Taylor analyses the perceptions of these groups in detail and explains how and why they differed. This is the first comprehensive study of the movement to make use of a wide range of contemporary material, and the first to present in detail the previously unrecorded views and analyses of more than twenty of the leading figures of the movement some twenty-five years on. Although he provides a wealth of historical detail, Dr Taylor's approach is primarily political and analytical, and his examination of this first mass movement of its kind will be relevant to all those concerned about nuclear proliferation, as well as to courses in politics, sociology, modern history and peace studies.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
380
Release Date:
1988-08-18
Publication Date:
1995-12-01
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0198275374
ISBN13:
9780198275374
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Weight:
666 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
26 cm
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