The Secret State - Preparing For The Worst 1945 - 2010

Informationen zum Autor Peter Hennessy , one of Britain's best-known historians, is Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the author of the classic 'post-war trilogy', Never Again: Britain 1945-1951 (winner of the NCR and Duff Cooper Prizes), Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties (winner of the Orwell Prize) and Winds of Change: Britain in the Early Sixties, the bestselling The Prime Minister and The Secret State: Preparing For The Worst 1945-2010. He was made an independent crossbench life Peer in 2010. Klappentext Peter Hennessy is Attlee Professor of History at Queen Mary College, London, and the Director of the Mile End Institute of Contemporary British Government, Intelligence and Society. He is the author of Never Again: Britain 1945-51 (winner of the NCR and Duff Cooper Prizes); the bestselling The Prime Minister and The Secret State (all Penguin). Zusammenfassung What were the secret plans for Britain if World War Three had erupted and 'breakdown' had occurred? When would the Queen have been informed and where would she have gone? How does the contingency planning for a national emergency work today? This book gives the detailed answers to these questions.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Hennessy
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.07.2010
• EAN: 9780141044699
• ISBN: 978-0-14-104469-9
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, The Cold War, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Cold wars and proxy conflicts