Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Acknowledgments; Introduction; A Nuclear Weapons Primer; 1 By the Bomb's Imaginary Light; 2 The Promise and Politics of Dispersal; 3 The District Defends Itself; 4 Downtown, Out of Town, or Underground?; 5 Apathy and the Atom; 6 The Eisenhower Way; 7 Practice Makes Perfect; 8 Capital Confusion; 9 Land of the Blind; 10 The Satchel Has Been Passed ... ; Postscript; Source Abbreviations; Notes; Index
Summary
Presents a history of nuclear age urban planning, civil defense, and continuity of government programs in one of the nation's most critical Cold War targets: Washington, D C Spanning the years 1940 to 1962. This work shows how the Cold War affected Washington and its racially divided population
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-238) and index
