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Peace Author: Barry Miles

ISBN: 9781843404576 Format: Hardcover Number Of Pages: 256 Published: 30 June 2008 Country of Publication: GB Dimensions (cm): 27.7 x 23.9 x 2.2 Description: It's probably the most commonly used symbol of protest in the world, instantly recognised as everywhere as the universal sign for Peace - and in 2008 it will be 50 years old.

This book tells the story of the enduring power of what was originally designed as the official sign for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in England.

The symbol was first drawn on home-made banners and badges in 1958, when CND was launched at a public meeting in London, but has since been appropriated by scores of different protest movements, from hippies in 1960s America - the first to use it to represent 'peace' - to feminists and anarchist punks.

In 2008 just as it was 50 years earlier, the CND logo is re-created at anti-nuclear demonstrations the world over. This unique volume combines the written history of modern popular protest with a range of fantastic photographs of the diverse ways and places that the symbol has been used.

Throughout are the original versions of the symbol drawn by rock stars, politicians, activists, scientists and writers, all paying tribute to the Peace Symbol on the occasion of...

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