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Raven Rock : the story of the U.S. government's secret plan to save itself - while the rest of us die / Garrett M. Graff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Graff, Garrett M., 1981- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil defense--United States--History.
- Civil defense.
- Crisis management in government--United States--History.
- Crisis management in government.
- Emergency management--Government policy--United States--History.
- Emergency management.
- Military planning--United States.
- Military planning.
- Emergency management--Government policy.
- History.
- United States.
- United States--Defenses.
- Defenses.
- Nuclear warfare.
- Cold War.
- Military readiness.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 529 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Other Title:
- Story of the U.S. government's secret plan to save itself - while the rest of us die
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon and Schuster, 2017.
- Summary:
- "The eye-opening truth about the government's secret plans to survive a catastrophic attack on US soil--even if the rest of us die--a roadmap that spans from the dawn of the nuclear age to today"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Project S-1
- Mr. Rance
- Campbell
- The Beard Lot project
- Apple Jack alert
- The spirit of Camp David
- The New Frontier
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- Angel is airborne
- The Tyler precedent
- The madman theory
- Mount Pony
- The unlikely hawk
- War games
- Designated survivor
- Nine naught eight
- 9/11
- The days after
- Doomsday prepping.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-505) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Fink Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781476735405
- 1476735409
- 9781476735429
- 1476735425
- OCLC:
- 971248821
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