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by Tom Vanderbilt

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The Cold War was the war that never happened.Nonetheless, it spurred the most significant buildup of military contingency this country has ever known: from the bunkers of Greenbrier, West Virginia, to the "proving grounds" of Nevada, where entire cities were built only to be vaporized. The Cold War was waged on a territory that knew no boundaries but left few traces.In this fascinating--and at turns frightening and comical--travelogue to the hidden battlefields of the Cold War, Tom Vanderbilt travels the Interstate (itself a product of the Cold War) to uncover the sites of Cold War architecture and reflect on their lasting heritage.In the process, Vanderbilt shows us what the Cold War landscape looked like, how architecture tried to adapt to the threat of mass destruction, how cities coped with the knowledge that they were nuclear targets, and finally what remains of the Cold War theater today, both its visible and invisible legacies. Ultimately, Vanderbilt gives us a deep look into our cultural soul, the dreams and fears that drove us for the last half of the 20th century.

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  • Title Survival City: Adventures Among the Ruins of Atomic America
  • Author Tom Vanderbilt
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton Architectural Press, New York
  • Publication date 2002-04
  • ISBN 9781568983059 / 1568983050
  • Weight 1.44 lbs (0.65 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.7 x 6.12 x 0.9 in (24.64 x 15.54 x 2.29 cm)
  • Category Architecture
  • Library of Congress subjects National characteristics, American, West (U.S.) - Description and travel
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2001007800
  • Dewey Decimal Code 355.021

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Tom Vanderbilt is a writer based in Brooklyn, New York. His work has appeared in Wired, Nest, The New York Times Magazine, and The Nation. He is author of The Sneaker Book: An Anatomy of an Industry and An Icon.

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