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Author Nehring, Holger, 1974- author.

Title Politics of security : British and West German protest movements and the early Cold War, 1945-1970 / by Holger Nehring
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 342 pages) : illustrations
Series Oxford historical monographs
Oxford historical monographs.
Contents Introduction -- From war to post-war : security lost and found -- Identifying the protests and the protest-makers -- Political experiences and the security of community -- Organizing the extra-parliamentary politics of security -- 'Peace', the nation, and international relations -- Demonstrating security -- Openings : politics, culture, and activism in the 1960s -- Redefining solidarity -- Epilogue: Redefining experiences -- Conclusion
Summary Focuses on a number of peace movements in Britain and West Germany from the end of Second World War in 1945 to the early 1970s to understand how European societies experienced and reacted to the Cold War
Analysis Activism
Cold war
Nuclear age
Peace movements
Politics of security
Social movements
Transnational history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Online resource; title from pdf information screen (Ebsco, viewed Jan. 24, 2014)
Subject Protest movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Protest movements -- Germany (West) -- History -- 20th century
Cold War.
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000.
British Isles.
Central Europe.
Europe.
European history.
Germany.
History.
History: earliest times to present day.
History: specific events and topics.
Humanities.
International relations.
Political activism.
Politics and government.
Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000.
Regional and national history.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
The Cold War.
United Kingdom, Great Britain.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
Protest movements
Friedensbewegung
Rüstung
Kernwaffe
Widerstand
Friedensbewegung.
Protestbewegung.
Germany (West)
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Deutschland Bundesrepublik
Deutschland.
Grossbritannien.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2013936237
ISBN 9780191503290
0191503290
9780191761188
0191761184