Book ID: CBB000760707

This Is Only a Test: How Washington, D.C, Prepared for Nuclear War (2006)

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Krugler, David F. (Author)


Palgrave


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: 284 pages
Language: English

This book tells the history of nuclear age urban planning, civil defense, and continuity of government programs in one of the nation's most critical Cold War targets: Washington, D.C.

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Review Maddock, Shane J. (2007) Review of "This Is Only a Test: How Washington, D.C, Prepared for Nuclear War". Journal of American History (p. 1306). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Gordin, Michael D.
Bernstein, Barton J.
Ghamari-Tabrizi, Sharon
González, Roberto J.
Grant, Matthew
Greiner, Bernd
Journals
Air Power History
Cold War History
Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan
Journal of Contemporary History
Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
Scientia Canadensis: Journal of the History of Canadian Science, Technology, and Medicine
Publishers
Columbia University Press
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Hamburger Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
Reaktion Books
University College Press
Concepts
Cold War
Technology and war; technology and the military
Science and war; science and the military
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Civil defense
Military technology
People
Stalin, Joseph
Truman, Harry S.
László, Paul
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
21st century
Modern
Places
United States
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Canada
Europe
Japan
Institutions
United States Air Force (USAF)
Hanford Nuclear Site (Washington)
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