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One Nation Underground: The Fallout Shelter In American Culture (American History And Culture),New
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Why Some Americans Built Fallout Sheltersan Exploration America'S Cold War Experiencefor The Halfcentury Duration Of The Cold War, The Fallout Shelter Was A Curiously American Preoccupation. Triggered In 1961 By A Hawkish Speech By John F. Kennedy, The Fallout Shelter Controversy'To Dig Or Not To Dig,' As Business Week Put It At The Timeforced Many Americans To Grapple With Deeply Disturbing Dilemmas That Went To The Very Heart Of Their Selfimage About What It Meant To Be An American, An Upstanding Citizen, And A Moral Human Being.Given The Muchtouted Nuclear Threat Throughout The 1960S And The Fact That 4 Out Of 5 Americans Expressed A Preference For Nuclear War Over Living Under Communism, What'S Perhaps Most Striking Is How Few American Actually Built Backyard Shelters. Tracing The Ways In Which The Fallout Shelter Became An Icon Of Popular Culture, Kenneth D. Rose Also Investigates The Troubling Issues The Shelters Raised: Would A Postwar World Even Be Worth Living In? Would Shelter Construction Send The Soviets A Message Of National Resolve, Or Rather Encourage Political And Military Leaders To Think In Terms Of A 'Winnable' War?Investigating The Role Of Schools, Television, Government Bureaucracies, Civil Defense, And Literature, And Rich In Fascinating Detailincluding A Detailed Tour Of The Vast Fallout Shelter In Greenbriar, Virginia, Built To Harbor The Entire United States Congress In The Event Of Nuclear Armageddonone Nation, Underground Goes To The Very Heart Of America'S Cold War Experience.
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