One Nation Underground: The Fallout Shelter in American Culture PDF
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One Nation Underground American History and Culture Neil Foley,Kevin Gaines,Martha Hodes,and Scott Sandage general editors Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Now? Multicultural Conservatism in America Angela D.Dillard One Nation Underground:The Fallout Shelter in American Culture Kenneth D.Rose One Nation Underground The Fallout Shelter in American Culture kenneth d. rose a New York University Press new york and london new york university press New York and London ©2001byNew York University All rights reserved. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rose,Kenneth D.(Kenneth David),1946– One nation underground :a history of the fallout shelter / Kenneth D.Rose. p. cm.— (American history and culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN0-8147-7522-5(acid-free paper) 1.Fallout shelters—Social aspects—United States. 2.Nuclear warfare—Social aspects—United States. 3.Cold War—Social aspects—United States. 4.United States—Social conditions—1945– 5.Popular culture—United States—History—20th century. I.Title. II.American history and culture (New York University Press) UA927.R67 2001 303.6'6—dc21 20010004000 New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To my father,whose selfless devotion to a very dangerous profession continues to inspire me,and to Jeanne,whose encouragement, patience,and good humor made this project possible. Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 A New Age Dawning 14 2 The Nuclear Apocalyptic 38 3 Morality and National Identity at the Shelter Door 78 4 Taking Government,Business,and Schools Underground 113 5 The Theory and Practice of Armageddon 150 6 The Shelters That Were Not Built,the Nuclear War That Did Not Start 186 Postscript 214 Notes 225 Index 301 About the Author 313 vii Acknowledgments Niko Pfund at New York University Press believed in this project from the very beginning,and I owe him a great debt for his stewardship of One Nation.Also much thanks to Niko’s suc- cessor at NYU Press, Eric Zinner, and to Cecilia Feilla, with whom I worked closely on the final manuscript.As always, Despina Gimbel was diligent in her duties as managing editor,and Rosalie Morales Kearns did a superb job as copy editor. Bob Harris proved to be an inexhaustible font of knowledge on this subject.Without his guidance and suggestions this book would have been much less than it is.Scott Sandage and Jeanne Lawrence gave my manu- script a close reading,and I am very grateful for their suggestions.Fellow Cold War traveler Laura McEnaney also had a number of observations that helped me a great deal. Thanks to California State University,Chico Interlibrary Loan staff,es- pecially George Thompson and Jo Ann Bradley.The Summer Scholar Award I received from CSU, Chico enabled me to gather most of the photographs in this book. Early on in this project Gray Fitzsimons di- rected me to some valuable sources,which I greatly appreciate.My col- leagues in the CSU,Chico history department,including Mike Magliari, Mike Gillis, Cliff Minor, Lisa Emmerich, and Joanna Cowden, provided ix
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