{"product_id":"9781529920017-attack-warning-red","title":"Attack Warning Red!","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow Britain Prepared for Nuclear War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book to tell the story of day-to-day life on the nuclear home front - from the host of #1 podcast \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtomic Hobo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK and A \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN \u003c\/i\u003eBEST PAPERBACK FOR APRIL 2024 **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSo entertaining' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Cracking' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe atomic bombs of 1945 changed everything. For the next forty years, the mushroom cloud loomed large in public imaginations and fear of the blast’s apocalyptic power coloured every aspect of British daily life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom makeshift shelters and herbal remedies to sirens that offered four-minute escapes, ordinary people were taught how to save themselves in the face of a catastrophe that was not survivable. Meanwhile, bunkers were readied for those officials and experts who would ensure life continued after Armageddon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once chilling and darkly funny, this is the story of how Britain braced for nuclear conflict – and of how, so long as nuclear weapons exist, the threat of total annihilation will always be with us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Thrilling and profoundly important' \u003c\/b\u003eJULIET NICOLSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Simultaneously horrifying, weirdly nostalgic and darkly hilarious' \u003c\/b\u003eMARK HADDON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eImpossible to believe, just as hard to put down' \u003c\/b\u003eDAN SNOW\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41540104552545,"sku":"9781529920017","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32315797.jpg?v=1737186954","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529920017-attack-warning-red","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}