{"product_id":"the-imaginary-war-guy-oakes-9780195090277","title":"The Imaginary War: Civil Defense and American Cold War Culture","description":"\"Duck and cover\" are unforgettable words for a generation of Americans, who listened throughout the Cold War to the unescapable propaganda of civil defense. Yet it would have been impossible to protect Americans from a real nuclear attack, and, as Guy Oakes shows in \u003cem\u003eThe Imaginary War\u003c\/em\u003e, national security officials knew it.\u003cbr\u003eThe real purpose of 1950's civil defense programs, Oakes contends, was not to protect Americans from the bomb, but to ingrain in them the moral resolve needed to face the hazards of the Cold War. Uncovering the links between national security, civil defense, and civic ethics, Oakes reveals three sides to the civil defense program: a system of emotional management designed to control fear; the fictional construction of a manageable world of nuclear attack; and the production of a Cold War ethic rooted in the mythology of the home, the ultimate sanctuary of American values.\u003cbr\u003eThis fascinating analysis of the culture of civil defense and the official mythmaking of the Cold War will be essential reading for all those interested in American history, politics, and culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Guy Oakes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195090276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195090277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.59h x 6.35w x 0.77d","brand":"Guy Oakes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054641803519,"sku":"9780195090277","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9421ffca-19d3-402c-9e12-d0e570aa61ab.jpg?v=1685031137","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-imaginary-war-guy-oakes-9780195090277","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}