Download or read book Living Under the Threat of Nuclear War written by Derek C. Maus and published by Greenhaven Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2005 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although opinions vary on how close anyone came to using nuclear weapons during the Cold War, there is little debate that anxiety about the possibility of nuclear war was one of the major cultural issues of the period. This volume examines the political and cultural effects of nuclear weapons, both among their supporters and their detractors.