Deterring Armageddon'EXCELLENT' THE TLS 'HUGELY IMPRESSIVE' THE INDEPENDENT 'AN ASTONISHINGLY FINE HISTORY' COUNTRY LIFE 'FASCINATING' DAILY MAIL The history of the world's most successful military alliance, from the wrecked Europe of 1945 to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. As they signed NATO into being after World War II, its founders fervently believed that only if the West's democracies banded permanently together could they avoid a catastrophic global atomic

to succeed where she failed and finally discover the whereabouts of a freshwater reserve hidden under sand and rock

watch giant exploding volcanoes

but no food in the shops

and a blizzard approaching

entitlements for the middle class

otter watching was a wildlife highlight restricted to remote coastal areas - otter populations had been decimated over the previous century by pesticide poisoning and habitat disturbance

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she discovered mudlarking: the act of scavenging in the mud for items discarded by past generations of Londoners

Steve Elliman and William Herne

along with the emotional health expertise of Will Van Der Hart

it offered the hope of reaching their teenage daughter who has stopped going to school and will not leave her room