Cold War: Building for Nuclear Confrontation 1946 - 1989

by Wayne D. Cocroft

This book looks at the physical manifestations - buildings and structures - of the Cold War in England. Illustrated with contemporary and archive photographs, site and building plans it looks at the buildings within their military and political context.

Genres: Nonfiction

200 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2003

Reviews

[Steve Morris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Heavy in mass but not in text. This book focuses on the hard (cold) architecture of the Cold War years of the UK and some of the horrific weaponry. Photographs throughout tell many thousands of work in this fascinating and chilling topic.

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[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

very interesting, but dry in places, but that is the nature of the subject. well illustrated and very thoroughly researched. may read this again and user as reference.

[John Manley · Rating 5 out of 5]

A high quality publication that I knew as soon as I opened its pages in the otherwise stuffy National Trust book shop I wanted my own copy; so on the Christmas list it went. And when it did arrive I was not disappointed.

My excuse for acquiring a book about concrete bunkers and disused radar stations was it was a natural extension to my exploration of industrial heritage. It explains another layer of archaeology that has been added to the landscape.

And yet, I unexpectedly came away from the book with far more. I was left with a sense of how massive the UK investment in the Cold War infrastructure was. This sense of scale is a sobering feeling in the changing political climate we now find ourselves in? Are we willing, and able to commit so much in National Defence again? If not we must take great care when world leaders are rattling sabres at each other.

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