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A strange, unloved apocalypse
Philip K. Dick's "Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb" (1965)
Jun 4
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Alex Wellerstein
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May 2026
Bomber arithmetic
A revealing memo from 1957 about the pitfalls of Air Force nuclear planning methodology
May 29
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Alex Wellerstein
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"To build a shelter was to admit to the kind of age we lived in..."
The moral dilemmas explored by The Twilight Zone's "The Shelter" (1961)
May 21
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Alex Wellerstein
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Paper cups and a Confederate Flag
Civil Defense and the Deep South in the 1950s
May 15
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Alex Wellerstein
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"It isn’t a happy picture, is it?"
A grim briefing on the consequences of the US nuclear war plan from June 1956
May 8
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Alex Wellerstein
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It came from the deep
The bad movie that made Godzilla good
May 1
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Alex Wellerstein
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April 2026
Burning up the world
The "nightmare dream" of a runaway nuclear reaction, 1903–1979
Apr 24
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Alex Wellerstein
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"Strange even to the men who used them"
"Atomic bombs" before the discovery of fission
Apr 17
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Alex Wellerstein
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A long look at a QUICK STRIKE
The grim realities of a faux nuclear war plan from 1958
Apr 9
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Alex Wellerstein
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"Civil defense should include spiritual civil defense"
The role of religious organizations in preparing for and recovering from nuclear war, 1951-1956
Apr 4
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Alex Wellerstein
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March 2026
Forgetting the bomb
Can nuclear weapons be un-invented?
Mar 27
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Alex Wellerstein
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The clouds of Hiroshima
A look at what few photographs we have of the mushroom and smoke clouds from the first atomic bombing
Mar 21
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Alex Wellerstein
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