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Title: Survival City: Adventures Among the Ruins of Atomic America by Tom Vanderbilt ISBN: 1-56898-305-0 Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: March, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Buildings, Bunkers, and the Bomb
Comment: One of the characters at the end of the movie Dr. Strangelove intones emphatically, "we must not have a mine..shaft..gap!" In Tom Vanderbilt's Survival City: Adventures Among The Ruins Of Atomic America, the reader gets to explore the actual architecture of the Cold War period. The book is a well-written combination of essay, travelogue, architecture text, and archaeology book. Even though the book is published by the Princton Architectural Press, it is well within the reach of, and should be enjoyable to, people outside the community of architects and architectural enthusiasts. Mr. Vanderbilt set out on his travels because he wanted to know what the Cold War looked like, and even though I'm not sure he found everything he was looking for, it was damn interesting to come along for the ride. My only complaint is that the book lacks an index, which I hope is remedied in later printings. If the potential reader is concerned that the postscript concerning 9/11 is gratuitous or merely an attempt to cash in on the disaster, rest assured that it is an appropriate ending to the book. The remnants of the Nike missile base nearest to where I live was recently removed for an encroaching housing development. I recommend that you read Survival City and then take a trip to look for Atomic America before it's all gone.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fascinating
Comment: I found this book SO interesting! Tom Vanderbilt has unearthed amazing information about the country's mind set during the Cold War.
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Title: Face to Face with the Bomb: Nuclear Reality after the Cold War by Paul Shambroom, Richard Rhodes ISBN: 0801872022 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: 17 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: 100 Suns by Michael Light ISBN: 1400041139 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 21 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: One Nation Underground: The Fallout Shelter in American Culture by Kenneth D. Rose ISBN: 0814775225 Publisher: New York University Press Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: The Doomsday Scenario: How America Ends by L. Douglas Keeney, Douglas L. Keeney ISBN: 076031313X Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Cold War Secret Nuclear Bunkers: The Passive Defence of the Western World During the Cold War C by Nick J. McCamley ISBN: 0850527465 Publisher: Pen & Sword Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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