Mobilizing for Peace : the Antinuclear Movements in Western Europe.

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The crusade against nuclear weapons in Great Britain, West Germany, France, and the Netherlands in the early 1980s dwarfed all previous protest movements in Western Europe in the postwar period. What produced the demonstrations against NATO's decision in December 1979 to base 572 cruise and Per...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rochon, Thomas R., 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:
Peace movements > Europe.
Pacifism.
Antinuclear movement > Europe.
Mouvements pacifistes > Europe.
Pacifisme.
Mouvement antinucléaire > Europe.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Peace.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Antinuclear movement
Pacifism
Peace movements
Europe
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Summary:The crusade against nuclear weapons in Great Britain, West Germany, France, and the Netherlands in the early 1980s dwarfed all previous protest movements in Western Europe in the postwar period. What produced the demonstrations against NATO's decision in December 1979 to base 572 cruise and Pershing II missiles in five West European countries? What generated the widespread support that the demonstrators enjoyed? Contrary to the frequent claim that such political movements are a symptom of governmental crisis in the advanced industrial democracies, Thomas Rochon develops the idea that they a.
Item Description:Cover.
Physical Description:1 online resource (255 pages)
ISBN:9781400859702
1400859700
9781306986496
1306986494

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