{"product_id":"9780141044699-the-secret-state","title":"The Secret State","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePreparing For The Worst 1945 - 2010\u003cbr\u003eWhat were the secret plans for Britain if World War Three had erupted and 'breakdown' had occurred? When would the Queen have been informed and where would she have gone? How does the contingency planning for a national emergency work today? This book gives the detailed answers to these questions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Hennessy's \u003ci\u003eThe Secret State: Preparing for the Worst 1945-2010 \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of secret government plans for combatting attacks on Britain, from the Cold War to modern counter-terrorism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Now completely revised and updated, Peter Hennessy's acclaimed account of the secret state includes material from a host of recently declassified documents, to give an up-to-date picture of Whitehall's efforts to defend the safety of the realm. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  What were the secret plans for Britain if World War Three had erupted and 'breakdown' had occurred? When would the Queen have been informed and where would she have gone? How does the contingency planning for a national emergency work today? By what procedures would the Prime Minister authorise a nuclear strike and how would those orders be carried out? This book now gives the most detailed and authoritative answers to all these questions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Riveting, path-breaking and wonderfully readable' \u003cbr\u003e  Christopher Andrew, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Effective and vivid . One of the fascinations of this book is the bureaucratic aridity to which Whitehall reduced concepts of bloodcurdling awfulness' \u003cbr\u003e  Philip Ziegler, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'An insider's insider, if ever there was one' \u003cbr\u003e  Anthony Howard, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'One of those rare books that reflects credit not only on the author but on its subjects too' \u003cbr\u003e  John Crace, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePeter Hennessy \u003c\/b\u003eis Attlee Professor of History at Queen Mary College, London, and the Director of the Mile End Institute of Contemporary British Government, Intelligence and Society. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eNever Again: Britain 1945-51 \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the NCR and Duff Cooper Prizes); the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Prime Minister\u003c\/i\u003e and The \u003ci\u003eSecret State.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449706230134,"sku":"9780141044699","price":13.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32389186.jpg?v=1760446527","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141044699-the-secret-state","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}