Book ID: CBB001033354

Survival City: Adventures among the Ruins of Atomic America (2010)

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Vanderbilt, Tom (Author)


University of Chicago Press


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: 228 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Explores the architecture of 1950s-era atomic war-related sites such as missile silos, storage bunkers, and test sites.


Citation URI
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Authors & Contributors
Heefner, Gretchen
Gordin, Michael D.
Maar, Henry Richard, III
Ciglioni, Laura
Wellerstein, Alex
Weiner, Sharon K.
Concepts
Cold War
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Science and war; science and the military
Technology and war; technology and the military
Science and politics
Arms race
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
Places
United States
Soviet Union
South Dakota (U.S.)
Cuba
Russia
Italy
Institutions
United States. President's Science Advisory Committee
United States Air Force (USAF)
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