During the height of the Cold War, the U.S. Government prepared a document, known as The Emergency Plans Book, outlining what might happen to America in the event of total nuclear war with the Soviet Union. In late 1998, the National Archives declassified this document, and the authors made a copy of it. In 1999, the document was reclassified, once again burying the information in the halls of secrecy. This book is based on the only known declassified copy in existence, and is an unedited presentation of the Plans. This is a shocking snapshot of what our government was thinking might happen if Russia attacked, supported by expert commentary and compelling photos of the results of real nuclear explosions. Illustrations of U.S. nuclear weapons tests show the effects of atomic explosions on ordinary things: houses, factories, cars, tanks, radio towers, etc. It tells the sobering truth about the utter destruction the U.S. government assumed would happen to America in the event of total nuclear war. It also decribes the government's seemigly futile plans to deal with it.
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During the height of the Cold War, the U.S. Government prepared a document, known as The Emergency Plans Book, outlining what might happen to America in the event of total nuclear war with the Soviet Union. In late 1998, the National Archives declassified this document, and the authors made a copy of it. In 1999, the document was reclassified, once again burying the information in the halls of secrecy. This book is based on the only known declassified copy in existence, and is an unedited presentation of the Plans. This is a shocking snapshot of what our government was thinking might happen if Russia attacked, supported by expert commentary and compelling photos of the results of real nuclear explosions. Illustrations of U.S. nuclear weapons tests show the effects of atomic explosions on ordinary things: houses, factories, cars, tanks, radio towers, etc. It tells the sobering truth about the utter destruction the U.S. government assumed would happen to America in the event of total nuclear war. It also decribes the government's seemigly futile plans to deal with it.