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The spoils of nuclear war
A surreal-yet-serious study of post-nuclear economics from 1965
Jun 11
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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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"It is obvious that the immediate destruction of the complete list of 66 cities would have an even more devastating effect on Russia"
The earliest postwar American planning for waging a full-scale nuclear war from 1945
Mar 6
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Alex Wellerstein
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Bananas for BRAVO
An early attempt to visualize the broader implications of thermonuclear war
Feb 6
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Alex Wellerstein
40
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"Take me to your shelter, leader!"
Do you have what it takes to be a shelter manager after World War III breaks out? Take this quiz from 1973 and find out!
Jan 29
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Alex Wellerstein
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"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
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Inventing the Doomsday Machine
It is not a thing a sane man would do
Sep 26, 2025
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Alex Wellerstein
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Irradiating the planet
Los Alamos scientists calculate the limits of radioactivity, 1947-1949
Sep 5, 2025
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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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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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