Civil Liberties and the Cold War in Great Britain.

The article focuses on civil liberties and the Cold War in Great Britain. Specifically the present Cold War poses two particular threats to the democratic governments of the world. The first threat is that in comparison with previous wars the danger is increased through a revolution in the technology of modern weapons. Two decades ago the state's most dangerous potential traitor might have been the army general who betrayed his country by disclosing its plan of battle to the enemy. This article attempts to outline Britain's effort to formulate a proper relationship during a cold war between the security of the state and the subject's traditional individual rights. The British are aware that their world is in conflict with an internal Communist conspiracy. While the British show great respect for a large number of individual liberties and are also sensitive to the demands that the security of their state necessitates, they have approached the Communist problem on the basis of the merits of each specific problem and the individual merits of each case.