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While the cultural aspects of the Cold War have been much studied, the era's physical manifestations in England--the pre-fab buildings, the forbidding concrete structures surrounded by barbed wire--haven't previously been documented. Cocroft and Thomas' study, spurred by the former Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, explores the sites most readily associated with the central themes of the Cold War: the deployment of nuclear weapons and the presence of US air bases. It discusses the nation's network of protected bunkers and other civil defense structures as well as related scientific research establishments and factories. The work is plentifully illustrated with b&w and color photographs, both original and archival. Distributed in the US by David Brown Book Co. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
