Awaiting Armageddon
Subtitle: how Americans faced the Cuban Missile Crisis
By: Alice L. George.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.; Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- Social aspects.; Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- Public opinion.; Civil defense -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Nuclear warfare -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Cold War -- Social aspects -- United States.; Public opinion -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963.
Description: "Awaiting Armageddon provides the first in-depth look at this crisis as it simmered outside of government offices, where ordinary Americans realized their government was unprepared to protect itself or its citizens from the dangers of nuclear war." "In her examination of the public response to the missile crisis, the author reveals cracks in the veneer of American confidence in the early years of the space age and demonstrates how the fears generated by Cold War culture blinded many Americans to the dangers of nuclear war until it was almost too late."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-232) and index.
Table of contents: title: The shadow of death; title: Bunker mentality; title: Ready or not; title: The looking glass; title: Politics and strategy; title: Children of the Cold War.