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Harold Macmillan, Part 4: Pressing the Button
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- Jan 26, 2026
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- 2168
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How would Harold Macmillan have ordered nuclear retaliation? Join us at www.patreon.com/atomichobo for ad-free listening and bonus episodes. The books and articles I used in this episode are listed below: The Secret State by Peter Hennessy Winds of Change by Peter Hennessy The Prime Minister: The Office and its Holders Since 1945 by Peter Hennessy Cabinet by Peter Hennessy Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan by D.R. Thorpe Planning Armageddon: Britain, the United States and the Command of Western Nuclear Forces, 1945-1964 , by Len Scott, Robert Twigge et al. 'A Matter of Joint Decision': The Origins of British Nuclear Retaliation Procedures and the Murphy-Dean Agreement of 1958, by Matthew Jones in the English Historical Review Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.