CND - Now More Than Ever : The Story of a Peace Movement

A fascinating and timely look at an archetypal campaigning organisation. Published to mark the 60th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Uses interviews with key figures and grassroots activists to narrate the highs and lows of five decades of CND. From the mass protests at Aldermaston and Greenham Common to years when it had just a 'shoebox-full' of members, CND - Now More Than Ever is set to be the definitive history of CND. Using first hand accounts from activists stretching back to its foundation in 1958 as well as interviews with victims of nuclear fallout, Hudson explores the origin of our nuclear world and outlines the nuclear problems that still face us today. Illegal wars, NATO expansion and America's 'Son of Star Wars' all add up to one fact: CND is needed. Indeed it is needed now more than ever. CONTENTS......Page 7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 9 INTRODUCTION......Page 11 The origins of our nuclear world......Page 16 Aldermaston and the early radicalism......Page 57 From the Vietnam War to the neutron bomb......Page 97 Campaigning against cruise missiles......Page 130 Towards the end of the Cold War: the Gorbachev era......Page 164 The post-Cold War world......Page 193 Campaigning since September 11......Page 229 REFERENCES......Page 263 INDEX......Page 278 ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 288 Published to mark the 60th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, CND – Now More Than Ever is a fascinating and timely look at an archetypal campaigning organisation. ‘CND remains a key and important part of the peace movement.’ Ken Livingstone The history of the campaign for nuclear disarmament from 1958 to the present.