1960s

Nuclear families

The imagery of the "family" in fallout shelter pamphlets, 1959-1961

Apr 11 •

Alex Wellerstein

Civil Defense and Preppers

A brief history of Preppers, part 1

Apr 4 •

Alex Wellerstein

The first portable digital nuclear weapons effects computer

The Weapons Effects Display System (WEDS), Part II

Mar 28 •

Alex Wellerstein

What if NUKEMAP had been made in the 1960s?

The Weapons Effects Display System (WEDS), Part I

Jan 17 •

Alex Wellerstein

"Where black is the color, where none is the number"

Bob Dylan's dark, gnomic, and adaptable post-apocalyptic masterpiece

Nov 8, 2024 •

Alex Wellerstein

"When I go to my grave, my head will be high"

Bob Dylan's little-known protest song against Civil Defense from 1962

Nov 1, 2024 •

Alex Wellerstein

The Occasion Instant, 1961

What can be learned from how people responded to false alarms about nuclear war in the late 1950s?

Sep 11, 2024 •

Alex Wellerstein

Cinéma verité, cinéma mort

How guerrilla filmmaking and the French New Wave gave birth to the modern zombie apocalypse film with Romero's Night of the the Living Dead

Sep 3, 2024 •

Billy Middleton

How does one visualize the scope of a full-scale nuclear war?

Jul 25, 2024 •

Alex Wellerstein

Dr. Strangelove's War Room

Could claustrophobic design be a strategic asset?

Jul 16, 2024 •

Alex Wellerstein

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