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Thirteen films that are essential to understanding the nuclear age
"The bomb, Dimitri, the hydrogen bomb."
Jul 16
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Alex Wellerstein
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Hiroshima from below
Experiences of atomic bombing victims through the medium of photography
Jul 2
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Alex Wellerstein
43
4
6
Bomber arithmetic
A revealing memo from 1957 about the pitfalls of Air Force nuclear planning methodology
May 29
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Alex Wellerstein
44
3
4
Paper cups and a Confederate Flag
Civil Defense and the Deep South in the 1950s
May 15
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Alex Wellerstein
42
9
3
"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
40
16
3
Burning up the world
The "nightmare dream" of a runaway nuclear reaction, 1903–1979
Apr 24
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Alex Wellerstein
43
22
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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
39
18
4
"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
29
5
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Forgetting the bomb
Can nuclear weapons be un-invented?
Mar 27
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Alex Wellerstein
56
24
5
Bananas for BRAVO
An early attempt to visualize the broader implications of thermonuclear war
Feb 6
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Alex Wellerstein
40
3
2
"Zero time was speeding toward me like a car you cannot dodge"
A gripping first-hand account of a nuclear test from 1957
Jan 1
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Alex Wellerstein
59
7
5
Will the survivors envy the dead?
Tracing the origins of a popular trope about nuclear war
Dec 19, 2025
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Alex Wellerstein
30
9
2
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