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Tales from the most dangerous decades in history. Declassified stories that take you beyond the textbooks and into the Vault.
EP39: Lessons in Imagined Disasters, Part 2 - Doomtown
The Cold War Vault
44 minutes 24 seconds
5 years ago
EP39: Lessons in Imagined Disasters, Part 2 - Doomtown
Doomtown. Ah, my home address. This time, we look at the rise and fall of civil defense in the United States, with all of the virtual nuclear wars at the center. From irradiating cans of peaches to tens of millions of Americans evacuating the cities, the civil defense project truly was a lesson in imagined disaster.
The Cold War Vault
Tales from the most dangerous decades in history. Declassified stories that take you beyond the textbooks and into the Vault.
