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The Atomic Reader

The Atomic Reader

Michael Scheibach

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2024
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9798210397829
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The Atomic Reader is a collection of civil defense booklets and pamphlets on civil defense during the height of the early Cold War in the 1950s. The book offers primary documents for students and others interested in how the government informed the American public about the possibility of an atomic war with the Soviet Union.

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