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"Nuclear weapons repel all thought, perhaps because they can end all thought"
Martin Amis on the difficulties of writing about nuclear war
Nov 14
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Alex Wellerstein
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The Retreaters
A brief history of Preppers, part 2
Jun 13
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Alex Wellerstein
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Nuclear families
The imagery of the "family" in fallout shelter pamphlets, 1959-1961
Apr 11
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Alex Wellerstein
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Civil Defense and Preppers
A brief history of Preppers, part 1
Apr 4
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Alex Wellerstein
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"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
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Alex Wellerstein
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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
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Alex Wellerstein
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Survival of the Relocated Population of the U.S. after a Nuclear Attack, 1976
The surprising secret to surviving a nuclear war is... to not be near the bombs when they go off
Aug 1, 2024
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Alex Wellerstein
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The fate of cities
Building a video game model for the impact of a large-scale nuclear war on American cities
Jul 19, 2024
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Alex Wellerstein
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A Possible Chapter in American History
Is this the most honest graph made for public consumption by a government Civil Defense agency? (Yes, it is.)
Jul 17, 2024
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Alex Wellerstein
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