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The atomic bomb and public opinion: The limited credibility of NATO’s deterrent strategy during the Cold War
In this week’s post of our Hiroshima 1945-2015 series, Dr Linda Risso discusses NATO and nuclear deterrence… Dr Linda Risso The bomb. The mushroom cloud. The images of flattened Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The shadows of victims permanently etched in the walls.… Continue reading
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A Historical Perspective on ‘Wolf Hall’: Thomas Cromwell and Thomas More Revisited
Rebecca Rist, Professor in Medieval History, gives her thoughts on the BBC’s adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall. No doubt many of us have been tuning in to watch the television adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall on Wednesday nights. … Continue reading
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HIROSHIMA 1945-2015
Welcome to our featured blog series: Hiroshima 1945-2015. Our first blog, by Dr Jacqui Turner and Guy Baxter, explores Reading’s connection to this historic event… On 15th April 2011, the University of Reading received a remarkable and moving gift from the… Continue reading
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Hiroshima @ 70
Monday, 9 February 2015; 6.00pm University of Reading (Henley Business School, G11) In 2011, the University of Reading received a remarkable and moving gift from the University of Hiroshima in Japan: a roof tile collected from the riverbed near the hypocentre… Continue reading
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‘The MA in History’ or ‘Why I love it!’
By Dr Linda Risso (Director of the MA in History) As far as administrative jobs in the academic world are concerned, being MA director is certainly the best. It allows me to meet students from very different backgrounds and with… Continue reading
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