商品簡介
This entertaining look at the American cold war-era family fallout shelter juxtaposes full color images (contemporary photos, periodical clippings, brochures, book and magazine covers, and movie and television stills) with relevant historical essays. According to Roy, after the detonation of the first nuclear bombs, the U.S. government was faced with the problem of convincing terrified citizens that it could protect them from these new weapons. Thus, the goal of the family fallout shelter civil defense program was not so much to actually ensure survival, but to convince Americans that they could survive a nuclear war, and to cultivate a nation of "Cold Warriors." In pictures and text, Roy examines the evolution of nuclear civil defense plans and Americans' responses to them. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
