Every Home a Fortress: Cold War Fatherhood and the Family Fallout Shelter

by Thomas Bishop

In Every Home a Fortress, Thomas Bishop details the remarkable cultural history and personal stories behind an iconic figure of Cold War masculinity-the fallout shelter father, who, with spade in hand and the canned goods he has amassed, sought to save his family from atomic warfare. Putting policy documents and presidential addresses into conversation with previously unmined personal letters, diaries, local media coverage, and antinuclear...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 162534483X
• ISBN13: 9781625344830
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"