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James Waller

James Waller is an amateur Cold War historian, with a particular research interest in Cold War planning for home defence and the machinery of government in war

How Britain Planned For Nuclear War – Then Abandoned Home Defence
Defence
How Britain Planned For Nuclear War – Then Abandoned Home Defence
Modern British home defence plans have their roots in the 1950s, taking in everything from invading forces in the Shetlands to the death of millions in a nuclear war. The scale of preparation has changed markedly over time, James Waller writes, but the nature of the threats have not