Bomboozled [trademark symbol] : how the U.S. government misled itself and its people into believing they could survive a nuclear attack / Susan Roy.

Main entry:

Roy, Susan.

Title & Author:

Bomboozled [trademark symbol] : how the U.S. government misled itself and its people into believing they could survive a nuclear attack / Susan Roy.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

176 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Illustrated end-papers.
Front cover has cutout revealing illustration on end-papers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-173) and index.
Bob Dylan's nuclear lament -- Atomic anxiety -- You can survive! -- Better homes & bunkers -- Nuclear housekeeping -- Drop-dead gorgeous -- Shelter skelter -- Plastic sheeting & duct tape.

Summary:

Conceived by a misguided government seeking to quiet the fears of an anxious public, the concept of the "Family Fallout Shelter" was Cold War paranoia at its finest, a massive bit of "propaganda by architecture" that has no more truth behind it than the absurd notion of "duck and cover." Inundated with government-sponsored films, posters, booklets, traveling caravans and exhibitions, the American family bought into the idea, investing millions of dollars in home shelters of every conceivable material and design. "Bomboozled" lays bare the buried truths of America's family fallout shelter obsession. The author charts the panic-fueled evolution of the shelter from a well-stocked basement pantry to a full-fledged (and often completely decorated) home addition, revealing through extensive archival photography, nuclear-era memorabilia, and previously unpublished media, a government and people in the grip of self-delusion. Fastidiously researched and sharply written, "Bomboozled" captures the absurdity and uncertainty of a culture that knew no better than to trust its government's message.

ISBN:

9780982358573 (hbk.)
0982358571 (hbk.)

Subject:

Civil defense United States History 20th century.
Civil defense United States Pictorial works.
Fallout shelters Design and construction.
Fallout shelters United States Pictorial works.
Fallout shelters Social aspects United States.
Nuclear warfare Social aspects United States.
Atomic bomb Social aspects United States History 20th century.
Cold War Social aspects United States.
Nuclear bomb shelters United States.
Atomic bomb Safety measures.
Atomic bomb Social aspects United States.
Abris antiatomiques États-Unis.
Bombe atomique Aspect social États-Unis.
Abris antiretombées États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Abris antiretombées Aspect social États-Unis.
Guerre nucléaire Aspect social États-Unis.
Bombe atomique Aspect social États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Guerre froide Aspect social États-Unis.
Bombe atomique Sécurité Mesures.
Social aspects.
Nuclear warfare Social aspects.
Fallout shelters.
Atomic bomb Social aspects.
Civil defense.
Nuclear bomb shelters.
United States.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.
illustrated books.
Illustrated works.
Pictorial works.
History.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Slesin, Suzanne
Cliff, Stafford
Santise, Dominick J., Jr.
Toews, Regan.

How the U.S. government misled itself and its people into believing they could survive a nuclear attack

Holdings:

Location: Library main 277665
Call No.: BIB 212542
Status: Available

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