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The strange death of UK civil defence education in the 1980s.

Authors :
Preston, John
Source :
History of Education; Mar2015, Vol. 44 Issue 2, p225-242, 18p
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

In the cold war, the United Kingdom government devised a number of public education campaigns to inform citizens about the precautions that they should undertake in the event of a nuclear attack. One such campaign, Protect and Survive, was released to the general public and media in May 1980. The negative publicity this publication received is considered to be a reason why a successor publication was never released despite the increased risk of nuclear attack. Using recently released records from the UK National Archives the paper considers that, aside from this explanation, interlocking institutional objectives, rather than simply inertia, provide an explanation for this hiatus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0046760X
Volume :
44
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
History of Education
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
100491881
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/0046760X.2014.979253