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How We Forgot the Cold War by Jon Wiener (2012, Hardcover)
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Specifiche dell'oggetto
- Condizione
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Original Language
- English
- Type
- Novel
- ISBN
- 9780520271418
- Book Title
- How We Forgot the Cold War : a Historical Journey Across America
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Travel, Political Science, Social Science, History
- Topic
- Sociology / General, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, World / General, Popular Culture, World, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism, United States / General
- Item Weight
- 22.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520271416
ISBN-13
9780520271418
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117343483
Product Key Features
Book Title
How We Forgot the Cold War : a Historical Journey Across America
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Sociology / General, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, World / General, Popular Culture, World, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism, United States / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Political Science, Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-011669
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
_A splendid tour de farce of the museums and other memory palaces established largely by the American right in honor of the greatest triumph in human history, the winning of the... oh, remind me, what was it?_, A political argument masquerading as a travel yarn. . . . Wiener's accounts of his trips to nuclear test sites, missile-launching control centers and fallout shelter exhibits contrast the guides' cheerful patter with the prospect of Armageddon., _Who knew the Cold War was funny? Wiener_s adventures in American historical memory are surprisingly lively._, A splendid tour de farce of the museums and other memory palaces established largely by the American right in honor of the greatest triumph in human history, the winning of the... oh, remind me, what was it?, "As popular reading, it's got the humor and wit of Sarah Vowell's Assassination Vacation and James Loewen's Sundown Towns and DJ Waldie's Holy Land. By which I mean it's witty and kinda mean, and exhilarating bad fun."-- Oc Weekly: Orange County News, Arts & Ent, _As popular reading, it's got the humor and wit of Sarah Vowell's Assassination Vacation and James Loewen's Sundown Towns and DJ Waldie's Holy Land. By which I mean it's witty and kinda mean, and exhilarating bad fun._, Wiener's wit and deft grasp of geopolitics make for one of the season's most intriguing historical books., "Who knew the Cold War was funny? Wiener's adventures in American historical memory are surprisingly lively."-- Zocalo Public Square, As popular reading, it's got the humor and wit of Sarah Vowell's Assassination Vacation and James Loewen's Sundown Towns and DJ Waldie's Holy Land. By which I mean it's witty and kinda mean, and exhilarating bad fun., _Wiener_s wit and deft grasp of geopolitics make for one of the season_s most intriguing historical books._, Who knew the Cold War was funny? Wiener's adventures in American historical memory are surprisingly lively., _A political argument masquerading as a travel yarn. . . . Wiener_s accounts of his trips to nuclear test sites, missile-launching control centers and fallout shelter exhibits contrast the guides_ cheerful patter with the prospect of Armageddon._, "Wiener's wit and deft grasp of geopolitics make for one of the season's most intriguing historical books."-- Philadelphia City Paper, "A political argument masquerading as a travel yarn. . . . Wiener's accounts of his trips to nuclear test sites, missile-launching control centers and fallout shelter exhibits contrast the guides' cheerful patter with the prospect of Armageddon."-- New York Times Book Review
Dewey Decimal
973.91
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations Introduction: Forgetting the Cold War Part One. The End 1. Hippie Day at the Reagan Library 2. The Victims of Communism Museum: A Study in Failure Part Two. The Beginning: 1946-1949 3. Getting Started: The Churchill Memorial in Missouri 4. Searching for the Pumpkin Patch: The Whittaker Chambers National Historic Landmark 5. Naming Names, from Laramie to Beverly Hills 6. Secrets on Display: The CIA Museum and the NSA Museum 7. Cold War Cleanup: The Hanford Tour Part Three. The 1950s 8. Test Site Tourism in Nevada 9. Memorial Day in Lakewood and La Jolla: Korean War Monuments of California 10. Code Name "Ethel": The Rosenbergs in the Museums 11. Mound Builders of Missouri: Nuclear Waste at Weldon Spring 12. Cold War Elvis: Sgt. Presley at the General George Patton Museum Part Four. The 1960s and After 13. The Graceland of Cold War Tourism: The Greenbrier Bunker 14. Ike's Emmy: Monuments to the Military-Industrial Complex 15. The Fallout Shelters of North Dakota 16. "It Had to Do with Cuba and Missiles": Thirteen Days in October 17. The Museum of the Missile Gap: Arizona's Titan Missile Memorial 18. The Museum of Détente: The Nixon Library in Yorba Linda Part Five. Alternative Approaches 19. Rocky Flats: Uncovering the Secrets 20. CNN's Cold War: Equal Time for the Russians 21. Harry Truman's Amazing Museum Conclusion: History, Memory, and the Cold War Epilogue: From the Cold War to the War in Iraq Acknowledgments Notes Index
Synopsis
Hours after the USSR collapsed in 1991, Congress began making plans to establish the official memory of the Cold War. Conservatives dominated the proceedings, spending millions to portray the conflict as a triumph of good over evil and a defeat of totalitarianism equal in significance to World War II. In this provocative book, historian Jon Wiener visits Cold War monuments, museums, and memorials across the United States to find out how the era is being remembered. The author's journey provides a history of the Cold War, one that turns many conventional notions on their heads. In an engaging travelogue that takes readers to sites such as the life-size recreation of Berlin's "Checkpoint Charlie" at the Reagan Library, the fallout shelter display at the Smithsonian, and exhibits about "Sgt. Elvis," America's most famous Cold War veteran, Wiener discovers that the Cold War isn't being remembered. It's being forgotten. Despite an immense effort, the conservatives' monuments weren't built, their historic sites have few visitors, and many of their museums have now shifted focus to other topics. Proponents of the notion of a heroic "Cold War victory" failed; the public didn't buy the official story. Lively, readable, and well-informed, this book expands current discussions about memory and history, and raises intriguing questions about popular skepticism toward official ideology.
LC Classification Number
E169.12.W486 2012
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