Awaiting armageddon : how Americans faced the Cuban Missile Crisis

Awaiting armageddon : how Americans faced the Cuban Missile Crisis / Alice L. George.

Author/creator	George, Alice L., 1952-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2003.
Description	xxiii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962--Social aspects. Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962--Public opinion. Civil defense--United States --History --20th century. Nuclear warfare--Social aspects --United States --History --20th century. Cold War--Social aspects --United States. Public opinion--United States --History --20th century. United States--Social conditions --1960-1980. United States--Politics and government --1961-1963.

Contents	The shadow of death -- Bunker mentality -- Ready or not -- The looking glass -- Politics and strategy -- Children of the Cold War.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-232) and index.
LCCN	2003002760
ISBN	0807828289 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E841 .G39 2003	✔ Available	Place Hold