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| Author | : Paul Ozorak |
| Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 468 |
| Release | : 2012-04-30 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1783830816 |
“A vivid reminder of the ever-present threat of a global apocalypse that formed the backdrop to the Cold War. This is an excellent book.” —History of War Medieval castles, the defensive systems of the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the trenches and bunkers of the First World War, the great citadels of the Second World War—all these have been described in depth. But the fortifications of the Cold War—the hidden forts of the nuclear age—have not been catalogued and studied in the same way. Paul Ozorak’s Underground Structures of the Cold War: The World Below fills the gap. After the devastation caused by the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the outbreak of the Cold War, all over the world shelters were constructed deep underground for civilians, government leaders and the military. Wartime structures were taken over and adapted and thousands of men went to work drilling new tunnels and constructing bunkers of every possible size. At the height of the Cold War, in some countries an industry of bunker-makers profited from the public’s fear of annihilation. Paul Ozorak describes when and where these bunkers were built, and records what has become of them. He explains how they would have been used if a nuclear war had broken out, and in the case of weapons bases, he shows how these weapons would have been deployed. His account covers every sort of facility—public shelters, missile sites, command and communication centers, storage depots, hospitals. A surprising amount of information has appeared in the media about these places since the end of the Cold War, and Paul Ozorak’s book takes full advantage of it.
| Author | : Nick McCamley |
| Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
| Total Pages | : 398 |
| Release | : 2013-05-31 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1473813247 |
“Draws on previously classified documents to reveal the sums spent on underground shelters for British and American leaders during the Cold War.” —Publishers Weekly Cold War Secret Nuclear Bunkers tells the previously undisclosed story of the secret defence structures built by the West during the Cold War years. Author Nick McCamley reveals the various bunkers built for the U.S. Administration, including the Raven Rock alternate war headquarters (the Pentagon’s wartime hideout), the Greenbrier bunker for the Senate and House of Representatives, and the Mount Weather central government headquarter, as well as developments in Canadas and extensive coverage of the UK, including the London bunkers and Regional War rooms built in the 1950s to protect against Soviet threat. The book examines the provision, (or more accurately, lack of provision), of shelter space for the general population, comparing the situation in the USA and the UK with some other European countries and with the Soviet Union. McCamley also provides in fascinating detail the vast umbrella of radar stations that spanned the North American continent and the north Atlantic from the Aleutian Islands through Canada to the North Yorkshire moors, all centered upon an enormous secret control center buried hundreds of feet below Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado. This is complemented in the United Kingdom with a chain of secret radars codenamed ‘Rotor’ built in the early 1950’s, and eight huge, inland sector control centers, built over 100’ underground at enormous cost. Also included is the UK Warning and Monitoring Organization with its underground bunkers and observation posts, as well as the little known bunkers built by the various local authorities and public utilities.
| Author | : Loretta Hall |
| Publisher | : Quill Driver Books |
| Total Pages | : 236 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9781884956270 |
A freelance writer with a background in engineering, construction, and manufacturing, Hall surveys some of the many underground buildings in the US and examines their architecture. Businesses, residences, schools, public services, bunkers, and whole communities are among her examples. The color photographs are lavish, but nearly every one suffers from poor color rendition. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
| Author | : Luke Bennett |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 280 |
| Release | : 2017-06-22 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1783487356 |
This edited collection investigates the ways in which the physical remains of now abandoned military and civil defence bunkers from the Cold War have become the totems and sites of memory.
| Author | : Richard G Little |
| Publisher | : Theclassics.Us |
| Total Pages | : 30 |
| Release | : 2013-09 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781230447070 |
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1998-09 edition. Excerpt: ...a significant role in protecting their masters in the Middle Ages and often included underground tunnels. World War II defensive structures. There are several examples of World War II-era underground defensive facilities. The French constructed the 235-kilometer Maginot Line to stop any possible German invasions. It included defensive bunkers that were six or seven levels deep and stored ammunition, bunking, messing, emergency supplies, electric generators, and other essentials. A very large defensive structure was built on Gibraltar from which the allies could control the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea. It also provided a platform to mount attacks against Nazis in the area. It included miles of tunnels and hospitals, ammunition storage, ship supplies, repair shops, workshops, and headquarters space. World War II industries. During the war, the Germans began to use worked-out mines to relocate some of their military industries because of intense allied bombing. They were also trying to build weapons of mass destruction underground. The V-2 missile was assembled and launched from an underground facility with a hardened concrete dome 5-meters thick. In addition to the V-2 launch sites, many of the German submarine pens also were hardened. The allies developed 12,000-to 22,000-pound bombs to attack such hardened facilities. Cold War era. In the Cold War era, the Swedes deployed soldiers underground--a Scandinavian response to the probable exchange of nuclear weapons between the Soviet Union and the United States. These facilities were similar in design to fallout shelters. Sweden publicized its reasons for going underground, and Scandinavia in general developed a defense-oriented underground construction industry. Consequently, there...
| Author | : Ian Klinke |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 189 |
| Release | : 2018-04-30 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1119261112 |
Cryptic Concrete explores bunkered sites in Cold War Germany in order to understand the inner workings of the Cold War state. A scholarly work that suggests a reassessment of the history of geo- and bio-politics Attempts to understand the material architecture that was designed to protect and take life in nuclear war Zooms in on two types of structures - the nuclear bunker and the atomic missile silo Analyzes a broad range of sources through the lens of critical theory and argues for an appreciation of the two subterranean structures’ complementary nature
| Author | : NICK. CATFORD |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2022 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781916178953 |
| Author | : Konrad H. Jarausch |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
| Total Pages | : 317 |
| Release | : 2017-02-06 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 3110492679 |
The traces of the Cold War are still visible in many places all around the world. It is the topic of exhibits and new museums, of memorial days and historic sites, of documentaries and movies, of arts and culture. There are historical and political controversies, both nationally and internationally, about how the history of the Cold War should be told and taught, how it should be represented and remembered. While much has been written about the political history of the Cold War, the analysis of its memory and representation is just beginning. Bringing together a wide range of scholars, this volume describes and analyzes the cultural history and representation of the Cold War from an international perspective. That innovative approach focuses on master narratives of the Cold War, places of memory, public and private memorialization, popular culture, and schoolbooks. Due to its unique status as a center of Cold War confrontation and competition, Cold War memory in Berlin receives a special emphasis. With the friendly support of the Wilson Center.
| Author | : Garrett M. Graff |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 560 |
| Release | : 2017-05-02 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 147673545X |
Now a 6-part mini-series called Why the Rest of Us Die airing on VICE TV! The shocking truth about the government’s secret plans to survive a catastrophic attack on US soil—even if the rest of us die—is “a frightening eye-opener” (Kirkus Reviews) that spans the dawn of the nuclear age to today, and "contains everything one could possibly want to know" (The Wall Street Journal). Every day in Washington, DC, the blue-and-gold first Helicopter Squadron, codenamed “MUSSEL,” flies over the Potomac River. As obvious as the Presidential motorcade, most people assume the squadron is a travel perk for VIPs. They’re only half right: while the helicopters do provide transport, the unit exists to evacuate high-ranking officials in the event of a terrorist or nuclear attack on the capital. In the event of an attack, select officials would be whisked by helicopters to a ring of secret bunkers around Washington, even as ordinary citizens were left to fend for themselves. “In exploring the incredible lengths (and depths) that successive administrations have gone to in planning for the aftermath of a nuclear assault, Graff deftly weaves a tale of secrecy and paranoia” (The New York Times Book Review) with details "that read like they've been ripped from the pages of a pulp spy novel" (Vice). For more than sixty years, the US government has been developing secret Doomsday strategies to protect itself, and the multibillion-dollar Continuity of Government (COG) program takes numerous forms—from its potential to evacuate the Liberty Bell from Philadelphia to the plans to launch nuclear missiles from a Boeing-747 jet flying high over Nebraska. Garrett M. Graff sheds light on the inner workings of the 650-acre compound, called Raven Rock, just miles from Camp David, as well as dozens of other bunkers the government built for its top leaders during the Cold War, from the White House lawn to Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado to Palm Beach, Florida, and the secret plans that would have kicked in after a Cold War nuclear attack to round up foreigners and dissidents and nationalize industries. Equal parts a presidential, military, and cultural history, Raven Rock tracks the evolution of the government plan and the threats of global war from the dawn of the nuclear era through the War on Terror.
| Author | : Nick McCamley |
| Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
| Total Pages | : 303 |
| Release | : 2013-05-31 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1844155080 |
"Nuclear Bunkers" tells the previously undisclosed story of the secret defence structures built by the West during the Cold War years. The book describes in fascinating detail a vast umbrella of radar stations that spanned the North American continent and the north Atlantic from the Aleutian islands through Canada to the North Yorkshire moors, all centred upon an enormous secret control centre buried hundreds of feet below Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado. This is complemented in the United Kingdom with a chain of secret radars codenamed 'Rotor' built in the early 1950's, and eight huge, inland sector control centres, built over 100' underground at enormous cost. The book reveals the various bunkers built for the U.S Administration, including the Raven Rock alternate war headquarters (the Pentagon's wartime hideout), the Greenbrier bunker for the Senate and House of Representatives, and the Mount Weather central government headquarters amongst others. Developments in Canada, including the Ottawa 'Diefenbunker' and the regional government bunkers are also studied. In the UK there were the London bunkers and the Regional War rooms built in the 1950's to protect against the Soviet threat, and their replacement in 1958 by much more hardened, underground Regional Seats of Government in the provinces, and the unique Central Government War Headquarters at Corsham. Also included in the UK coverage is the UK Warning and Monitoring Organisation with its underground bunkers and observation posts, as well as the little known bunkers built by the various local authorities and by the public utilities. Finally the book examines the provision, (or more accurately, lack of provision), of shelter space for the general population, comparing the situation in the USA and the UK with some other European countries and with the Soviet Union.
