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Timely ... McDowall's excellent book is a chilling reminder of the horrific reality of nuclear war
Timely ... McDowall's excellent book is a chilling reminder of the horrific reality of nuclear war
Cracking
So entertaining
Very good ... A sobering book, but a gripping one
Julie McDowall's thoroughly gripping study ... makes for genuinely startling and sometimes darkly funny reading... [it's] brilliantly chilling and sparkily engaging
Attack Warning Red! is a timely reminder of the mind-blanking horror of nuclear warfare, as it menaces Europe once more
An atomic Dad's Army, McDowall's history of the UK's nuclear civil defence is full of hilarious gems
Most interesting
Simultaneously horrifying, weirdly nostalgic and darkly hilarious
Impossible to believe, just as hard to put down. Urgent. Terrifying
Superb ... a lucid, totally compulsive read from beginning to end, chilling as well as profoundly empathetic in tone
Brilliant and unforgettable ... A beautifully writtern horror story and amazing work of research ... Julie McDowall has made the unreadable compulsive and the unthinkable thinkable, but above all this is a book that cherishes humanity in all its absurdity, intelligence, vulnerability, courage and, against all odds, belief in hope and survival
Captivating, chilling, and at times darkly humorous. A fascinating insight into Britain's preparations for surviving Armageddon, and the ghastly reality of what the aftermath of a nuclear war would actually be like
Fascinating
How to prepare for Armageddon? Julie McDowell has written the best exploration yet of how successive British administrations grappled with the challenge of living under the shadow of nuclear war, with depth, compassion and very necessary dark humour
This by turns harrowing and farcical book charts the reality of living under constant threat of nuclear oblivion
Timely ... harrowing ... farcical ... the most surprising aspect of Attack Warning Red!, however, is that, alongside generous helpings of fear and unease, it carries a strong charge of nostalgia
Attack Warning Red! effectively pulls together many strands from this unsettling aspect of British history and weaves them in a way that will alarm and entertain
A fascinating read
McDowall's book has the tone of a podcast [...] She leads her audience round bunkers, propaganda films and government records, pointing out the horrifying, the unexpected and the absurd
Grimly funny reading… this grimly entertaining history of our preparation for mass destruction is both timely and troubling
Fascinating ... a chilling glimpse of an alternative world
An unsettling festive read
Julie McDowall is a freelance journalist and book critic specialising in the nuclear threat. Her writing has appeared in The Times, Economist, Spectator, Guardian, TLS, Prospect and Independent, and she is also the host of the Atomic Hobo podcast in which she reveals findings in the nuclear archives and reports on her travels to nuclear bunkers and other Cold War sites.
Timely ... McDowall's excellent book is a chilling reminder of the horrific reality of nuclear war
Cracking
So entertaining
Very good ... A sobering book, but a gripping one
Julie McDowall's thoroughly gripping study ... makes for genuinely startling and sometimes darkly funny reading... [it's] brilliantly chilling and sparkily engaging
Attack Warning Red! is a timely reminder of the mind-blanking horror of nuclear warfare, as it menaces Europe once more
An atomic Dad's Army, McDowall's history of the UK's nuclear civil defence is full of hilarious gems
Most interesting
Simultaneously horrifying, weirdly nostalgic and darkly hilarious
Impossible to believe, just as hard to put down. Urgent. Terrifying
Superb ... a lucid, totally compulsive read from beginning to end, chilling as well as profoundly empathetic in tone
Brilliant and unforgettable ... A beautifully writtern horror story and amazing work of research ... Julie McDowall has made the unreadable compulsive and the unthinkable thinkable, but above all this is a book that cherishes humanity in all its absurdity, intelligence, vulnerability, courage and, against all odds, belief in hope and survival
Captivating, chilling, and at times darkly humorous. A fascinating insight into Britain's preparations for surviving Armageddon, and the ghastly reality of what the aftermath of a nuclear war would actually be like
Fascinating
How to prepare for Armageddon? Julie McDowell has written the best exploration yet of how successive British administrations grappled with the challenge of living under the shadow of nuclear war, with depth, compassion and very necessary dark humour
This by turns harrowing and farcical book charts the reality of living under constant threat of nuclear oblivion
Timely ... harrowing ... farcical ... the most surprising aspect of Attack Warning Red!, however, is that, alongside generous helpings of fear and unease, it carries a strong charge of nostalgia
Attack Warning Red! effectively pulls together many strands from this unsettling aspect of British history and weaves them in a way that will alarm and entertain
A fascinating read
McDowall's book has the tone of a podcast [...] She leads her audience round bunkers, propaganda films and government records, pointing out the horrifying, the unexpected and the absurd
Grimly funny reading… this grimly entertaining history of our preparation for mass destruction is both timely and troubling
Fascinating ... a chilling glimpse of an alternative world
An unsettling festive read
Julie McDowall is a freelance journalist and book critic specialising in the nuclear threat. Her writing has appeared in The Times, Economist, Spectator, Guardian, TLS, Prospect and Independent, and she is also the host of the Atomic Hobo podcast in which she reveals findings in the nuclear archives and reports on her travels to nuclear bunkers and other Cold War sites.