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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b13001907.
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1961-1963.".
- catalog coverage "United States Social conditions 1960-1980.".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-232) and index.".
- catalog description "The shadow of death -- Bunker mentality -- Ready or not -- The looking glass -- Politics and strategy -- Children of the Cold War.".
- catalog extent "xxiii, 238 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Awaiting Armageddon.".
- catalog identifier "0807828289 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Awaiting Armageddon.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,".
- catalog relation "Awaiting Armageddon.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1961-1963.".
- catalog spatial "United States Social conditions 1960-1980.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "973.922 21".
- catalog subject "Civil defense United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Cold War Social aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 Public opinion.".
- catalog subject "Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.".
- catalog subject "E841 .G39 2003".
- catalog subject "Nuclear warfare Social aspects United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Public opinion United States History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The shadow of death -- Bunker mentality -- Ready or not -- The looking glass -- Politics and strategy -- Children of the Cold War.".
- catalog title "Awaiting armageddon : how Americans faced the Cuban Missile Crisis / Alice L. George.".
- catalog type "text".