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Cryptic concrete : a subterranean journey into Cold War Germany

By Ian , Klinke

Book information

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Year
2018
ISBN
9781119261131, 9781119261124, 9781119261032, 9781119261117, 1119261120, 9781119261155, 1119261155
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9910368 bytes)
Series
RGS-IBG book series
Pages
\192
Time added
2018-06-05 18:02:38
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Description

"This book explores bunkered sites in Cold War Germany in order to understand the inner workings of the Cold War state."--Provided by publisher. Abstract: Cryptic Concrete sets out to understand the inner workings of the Cold War state. In an attempt to grapple with the architecture, both material and ideological, that was designed to protect and take life in nuclear war, the book examines two complimentary types of structures the nuclear bunker and the atomic missile silo. Read more... Content: Of blood and soil -- Lebensraum and its underside -- Return to the soil -- Nuclear living space -- Spaces of extermination -- Enter the void -- Conclusion.

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