The strange death of UK civil defence education in the 1980s

In the cold war, the United Kingdom government devised a number of public education campaigns to inform citizens about the precautions that they should undertake in the event of a nuclear attack. One such campaign, Protect and Survive, was released to the general public and media in May 1980. The ne...

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Published in:	History of education (Tavistock) 2015-03, Vol.44 (2), p.225-242
Main Author:	Preston, John Joseph
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	20. Jahrhundert Archives Atomkrieg Bildungsgeschichte Citizens Civil defence Cold War Critical path analysis disaster education Education Educational History Emergency Programs Foreign Countries General Public Geschichte (Histor) Government Großbritannien Katastrophenschutz Mass Media Media National Security Nuclear Energy Nuclear weapons Objectives path dependency Political Campaigns Program Descriptions Public Education Public Policy Public schools Publicity Risk Safety Succession United Kingdom War Zivilverteidigung
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Summary:	In the cold war, the United Kingdom government devised a number of public education campaigns to inform citizens about the precautions that they should undertake in the event of a nuclear attack. One such campaign, Protect and Survive, was released to the general public and media in May 1980. The negative publicity this publication received is considered to be a reason why a successor publication was never released despite the increased risk of nuclear attack. Using recently released records from the UK National Archives the paper considers that, aside from this explanation, interlocking institutional objectives, rather than simply inertia, provide an explanation for this hiatus.
ISSN:	0046-760X 1464-5130