One Nation Underground

Description:

"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 post-war 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, film, government bureaucracies, civil defense, and literature, and rich in fascinating detail - including a tour of the vast fallout shelter in Greenbriar, Virginia, built to harbor the entire United States Congress in the event of nuclear Armageddon - One Nation Underground goes to the very heart of America's Cold War experience."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Cold War,  Fallout shelters,  History,  Nuclear warfare,  Popular culture,  Social aspects of Cold War,  Social aspects of Fallout shelters,  Social aspects of Nuclear warfare,  Social conditions,  Aspetti socio-culturali,  Atomkrieg,  Volkskultur,  Zivilschutz,  Rifugi antiatomici,  Guerra fredda,  Gesamtverteidigung,  Nuclear bomb shelters,  Nuclear warfare, social aspects,  Popular culture, united states,  United states, social conditions, 1945-,  Social aspects

Places: United States

Times: 1945-,  20th century