The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

by Martin Shaw

The launch of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 1958 signalled the first modern protest movement in Britain. Martin Shaw details CND's rise, the activists involved, the tensions with the Committee of 100 around direct action, and the culture, radicalism and social groups that were mobilized to "ban the bomb".

The book discusses how a new movement in the 1980s, led by European Nuclear Disarmament and the Greenham women's peace camp,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788217772
• ISBN13: 9781788217774
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Agenda Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages