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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141658803321

Autore

Nehring Holger <1974->

Titolo

Politics of security : British and West German protest movements and the early Cold War, 1945-1970 / / Holger Nehring [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-19-150329-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 pages)

Collana

Oxford historical monographs

Classificazione

320940

Disciplina

327.1740941

Soggetti

Protest movements - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Protest movements - Germany (West) - History - 20th century

Cold War

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.