Trevor Royle gives a gripping and unique perspective of the Cold War which shows how Scotland would have been a major theatre of war in the event of WWIII. Includes recently declassified official information and interviews with many key figures, including UK Secretaries of State for Defence and senior officers from the Navy, Army and Air Force. Read More
Trevor Royle gives a gripping and unique perspective of the Cold War which shows how Scotland would have been a major theatre of war in the event of WWIII. Includes recently declassified official information and interviews with many key figures, including UK Secretaries of State for Defence and senior officers from the Navy, Army and Air Force. Read Less
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Physical description; 320 pages. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-294) and index. Contents; Cover--Half-title--Title--Copyright--Con of Plates--Picture Credits--List of Abbreviations--Preface and Acknowledgements--Prologue: Saxa Vord--1. Last Shots, First Shots--2. When Cold War Became Hot War--3. The Yanks Are Coming--4. Frontline Scotland--5. Ding Dong Dollar: Opposing Armageddon--6. The Past Is a Foreign Country: Families on the Front Line--7. The Watch on the Rhine: Scots in Germany and on Other Fronts--8. Ploughshares into Swords: Profiting from the Cold War--9. War in the Shadows--10. Trident and Thatcher--11. The Walls Came Tumbling Down--Epilogue: A New Cold War? --Notes--Select Bibliography--Index--Plates. Subjects; Cold War. European history. Scotland History 20th century. Scotland Politics and government 20th century. Great Britain History, Military 20th century. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.
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