A Very British Bomb
A History of the United Kingdom as a Nuclear Power
Will be published approx. on 12. November 2026
496 pages
E-Book
978-0-241-29189-4 (ISBN)
Description
A Very British Bomb is the first authoritative history of Britain as a nuclear weapons power. Written with access to newly declassified Top Secret Government documents it gives the most complete account yet published of the United Kingdom's development, deployment and politics of nuclear weapons, from the scientific breakthroughs which occurred in the early twentieth century, through the Second World War, the Cold War, to the present. It tells the very human story of the tens of thousands of men and women, who spent and continue to spend their lives working on what amounts to one of the most expensive and sensitive national endeavours ever undertaken by the British state.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-0-241-29189-4 (9780241291894)
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Book
approx. 11/2026
Allen Lane
€57.14
Not yet published
Person
Dr James Jinks is a historian and author. He is co-author, with Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield, of The Silent Deep: The Royal Navy Submarine Service Since 1945 (Allen Lane, Penguin, 2016), and author of A Very British Bomb: A History of the United Kingdom as a Nuclear Power (Allen Lane, Penguin). He is now at work on the authorized biography of Admiral Sir John 'Sandy' Woodward, GBE, KCB, The Last Fighting Admiral: The Life and Times of Admiral Sir John 'Sandy' Woodward, GBE, KCB (Allen Lane, Penguin). He has previously worked for the Cabinet Office, and the Aircraft Carrier Alliance.
