Facing the bear : Scotland and the cold war / Trevor Royle

Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 320 pages. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-294) and index. Contents; Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Plates -- Picture Credits -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Prologue: Saxa Vord -- 1. Last Shots, First Shots -- 2. When Cold War Became Hot War -- 3. The Yanks Are Coming -- 4. Frontline Scotland -- 5. Ding Dong Dollar: Opposing Armageddon -- 6. The Past Is a Foreign Country: Families on the Front Line -- 7. The Watch on the Rhine: Scots in Germany and on Other Fronts -- 8. Ploughshares into Swords: Profiting from the Cold War -- 9. War in the Shadows -- 10. Trident and Thatcher -- 11. The Walls Came Tumbling Down -- Epilogue: A New Cold War? -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Plates. Subjects; Cold War. European history. Scotland History 20th century. Scotland Politics and government 20th century. Great Britain History, Military 20th century. 1 Kg. …