This page seeks to bring together a range of research resources dealing with British Cold War history, heritage and collections. This page will continue to be updated as new research is published. If you have work that you would like featured on this page, please email info@coldwarnetwork.co.uk.

Alberti, S.J.M.M. & Nehring, H. (2025) Materialising the Cold War: End of Project Report. Edinburgh: National Museums Scotland. Available at: https://files.nms.ac.uk/production/Documents/Collections/CWS-Final-Report-Oct-2025.pdf (Accessed: 22 November 2025).

Alberti, S.J.M.M. (2025) The afterlife of a nuclear dosimeter: Locality, risk and the Cold War in the museum. Cultures of Science, Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/20966083251387283 (Accessed 22 November 2025).

Bravaglieri, S. and Schofield, J. (2023) ‘Heritage itineraries and the ‘rest state’ at Europe’s Cold War-era Ground-launched Cruise Missile (GLCM) sites’, Landscape Research, 48(7), pp. 935–949. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2023.2205631 (Accessed 22 November 2025).

Clarke, R. (2025) Landscape, Memory and Secrecy: The Cold War Archaeology of the Royal Observer Corps. PhD thesis, University of Exeter. Available at: https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/articles/thesis/Landscape_Memory_and_Secrecy_The_Cold_War_Archaeology_of_the_Royal_Observer_Corps/29733530 (Accessed: 22 November 2025).

Clarke, R. (2023) ‘Cold War Archaeology: A Creative Approach’, Wessex Archaeology Blog, 25 July. Available at: https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/news/cold-war-archaeology-creative-approach (Accessed: 22 November 2025).

Cocroft, W., Thomas, R. J. C., Barnwell, P. S. (2004) Cold War: Building for Nuclear Confrontation 1946-1989. Swindon: Historic England. Available to purchase at: https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/cold-war (Accessed 22 November 2025).

Douthwaite, J., Alberti, S.J.M.M. & Nehring, H. (eds.) (2024) Cold War Museology. London: Routledge. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032690414 (Accessed 22 November 2025).

Harper, S. (2022) Bombers, Bunkers, and Badges: The Cold War Materialised in National Museums Scotland. PhD thesis, University of Stirling. Available at: https://dspace.stir.ac.uk/handle/1893/34699 (Accessed: 22 November 2025).

Harper, S. (2025) The Cold War in Museums: A Toolkit for Professionals and Volunteers. Imperial War Museums Blog, 6 January. Available at: https://www.iwm.org.uk/blog/partnerships/2025/01/the-cold-war-in-museums-a-toolkit-for-professionals-and-volunteers (Accessed: 22 November 2025).

Leech, S.T. (2017) Echoes from the Recent Past: An Archaeological Ethnography of Historic Cold War Radar Sites in the UK. PhD thesis, University of Manchester. Available at: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/files/68670268/FULL_TEXT.PDF (Accessed: 22 November 2025).

Robinson, P. & Ivanova, M. (2025) Britain’s Cold War Heritage. Gloucestershire: Amberley Publishing. Available to purchase at: https://www.amberley-books.com/discover-books/military-history/the-cold-war/britains-cold-war-heritage.html (Accessed 22 November 2025).

Schofield, J., Cocroft, W. and Dobronovskaya, M. (2021). ‘Cold War: A transnational approach to a global heritage.’ Post-Medieval Archaeology, 55 (1), pp 39–58. Available at: www.doi.org/10.1080/00794236.2021.1896211. (Accessed 22 November 2025).

Strange, I. and Walley, E. (2007). ‘Cold War heritage and the conservation of military remains in Yorkshire.’ International Journal of Heritage Studies, 13 (2), pp154–169. Available at: www.doi.org/10.1080/13527250601119066. (Accessed 22 November 2025).