{"product_id":"awaiting-armageddon-alice-l-george-9781469608839","title":"Awaiting Armageddon: How Americans Faced the Cuban Missile Crisis","description":"For thirteen days in October 1962, America stood at the brink of nuclear war. Nikita Khrushchev's decision to place nuclear missiles in Cuba and John F. Kennedy's defiant response introduced the possibility of unprecedented cataclysm. The immediate threat of destruction entered America's classrooms and its living rooms. \u003ci\u003eAwaiting Armageddon\u003c\/i\u003e provides the first in-depth look at this crisis as it roiled outside of government offices, where ordinary Americans realized their government was unprepared to protect either itself or its citizens from the dangers of nuclear war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the seven days between Kennedy's announcement of a naval blockade and Khrushchev's decision to withdraw Soviet nuclear missiles from Cuba, U.S. citizens absorbed the nightmare scenario unfolding on their television sets. An estimated ten million Americans fled their homes; millions more prepared shelters at home, clearing the shelves of supermarkets and gun stores. Alice George captures the irrationality of the moment as Americans coped with dread and resignation, humor and pathos, terror and ignorance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her examination of the public response to the missile crisis, the author reveals cracks in the veneer of American confidence in the early years of the space age and demonstrates how the fears generated by Cold War culture blinded many Americans to the dangers of nuclear war until it was almost too late. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice L. George\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1469608839\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469608839\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Alice L. George","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44065799995647,"sku":"9781469608839","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cf5d30d7-c186-47b9-a40b-944a68206574.jpg?v=1685403569","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/awaiting-armageddon-alice-l-george-9781469608839","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}