{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e9316281ff1a856719a4316/6977389f79d88bc8eebb1053?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Harold Macmillan, Part 4: Pressing the Button","description":"<p>How would Harold Macmillan have ordered nuclear retaliation?</p><p><br></p><p>Join us at www.patreon.com/atomichobo for ad-free listening and bonus episodes.</p><p><br></p><p>The books and articles I used in this episode are listed below:</p><p><br></p><p><em>The Secret State</em> by Peter Hennessy</p><p><em>Winds of Change</em> by Peter Hennessy</p><p><em>The Prime Minister: The Office and its Holders Since 1945</em> by Peter Hennessy</p><p><em>Cabinet</em> by Peter Hennessy</p><p><em>Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan </em>by D.R. Thorpe</p><p><em>Planning Armageddon: Britain, the United States and the Command of Western Nuclear Forces, 1945-1964</em>, by Len Scott, Robert Twigge et al.</p><p>'A Matter of Joint Decision': The Origins of British Nuclear Retaliation Procedures and the Murphy-Dean Agreement of 1958, by Matthew Jones in the <em>English Historical Review</em></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Julie McDowall"}