V-Force
Britain’s Nuclear Bombers and the Cold War
$34.10
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
14 October 2025
Summary
As World War II came to an end and America’s nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki shocked the world, it became clear that the nascent Cold War would be as different a conflagration from WWII as that war was from WWI. Believing that the UK was extremely vulnerable to nuclear attack, it was quickly determined that only ‘the threat of large-scale damage from similar weapons’ could prevent a Soviet attack. And, thus, V-Force was born.
Entered into service between 1955 and 1957, the t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781805465447 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1805465449 |
| Author: | Jonathan Glancey |
| Publisher: | Atlantic Books |
| Imprint: | Atlantic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 14 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 430g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 153mm x 233mm |
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Critics Review
Impressive… Glancey is an aviation nut who’s interested as much in the technical wonder of these planes as he is in the legacy they leave in the public consciousness… Glancey has written an engaging and affectionate account of the V-bombers, not least the figures who made it all possible. * Daily Telegraph *
‘Evokes that brief but intense period when Britain stood in the front line of the Cold War. Well-researched, engagingly written, and enriched with many telling details, V-Force is an elegy for the fleeting modernity of yesteryear.’ * Military History Matters *
Jonathan Glancey
Jonathan Glancey is well known as the former architecture and design correspondent of The Guardian and The Independent newspapers. A frequent broadcaster, his books include Wings Over Water, The Journey Matters, Concorde, Harrier, Giants of Steam, Spitfire, Nagaland, Tornado, and The Story of Architecture.
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