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Awaiting Armageddon : how Americans faced the Cuban Missile Crisis
"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 re...
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| 100 | 1 | |a George, Alice L., |d 1952- | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Awaiting Armageddon : |b how Americans faced the Cuban Missile Crisis |c Alice L. George |
| 260 | |a Chapel Hill : |b University of North Carolina Press, |c c2003. | ||
| 300 | |a xxiii, 238 p. : |b ill., map ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-232) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The shadow of death -- Bunker mentality -- Ready or not -- The looking glass -- Politics and strategy -- Children of the Cold War. | |
| 520 | 1 | |a "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. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Nuclear warfare |x Social aspects |z United States |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Cold War |x Social aspects |z United States. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Social conditions |y 1960-1980. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Politics and government |y 1961-1963. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Public opinion |z United States |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a George, Alice L., 1952- |t Awaiting Armageddon. |d Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003 |w (OCoLC)648458913 |
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