One nation underground
Subtitle: the fallout shelter in American culture
By: Kenneth D. Rose.
Series: American history and culture; American history and culture (New York University Press)
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
Subjects: Fallout shelters -- Social aspects -- United States.; Nuclear warfare -- Social aspects -- United States.; Cold War -- Social aspects -- United States.; Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.