Awaiting Armageddon : how Americans faced the Cuban Missile Crisis Alice L. George

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

George, Alice L., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962--Social aspects.

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962--Public opinion.

Civil defense--United States--History--20th century.

Civil defense.

Nuclear warfare--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Nuclear warfare.

Cold War--Social aspects--United States.

Cold War.

United States--Social conditions--1960-1980.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1961-1963.

Public opinion--United States--History--20th century.

Public opinion.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 238 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003.

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

The shadow of death

Bunker mentality

Ready or not

The looking glass

Politics and strategy

Children of the Cold War.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-232) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: George, Alice L., 1952- Awaiting Armageddon.

ISBN:

0807828289 (cloth)

9780807828281 (cloth)

OCLC:

51763944

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