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Museums

The Civil Defense Museum (online)
http://www.civildefensemuseum.com/

Fort MacArthur
http://www.ftmac.org/


Golden Gate Recreation Area Nike Missile Site
www.nps.gov/goga/nike-missile-site.htm

California State Military Museum
http://www.militarymuseum.org/

Cold War Museum (currently online)
http://www.coldwar.org/

US Navy Museum Cold War Gallery (includes virtual tour)
http://usnavymuseum.org/

American Museum of Science and Energy
http://amse.org/

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
http://www.nuclearmuseum.org/

National Atomic Testing Museum
http://www.nationalatomictestingmuseum.org/

Canadian Museums & Resources

Edmonton Civil Defence Museum: Canada's Largest Cold War Online resource
http://edmontoncivildefencemuseum.com/

The Diefenbunker: Canada's Cold War Museum
http://www.diefenbunker.ca/

State-Specific Sites

Nike Alaska
http://nikealaska.org/AADCP/AADCP.html

Cold War Relics - Maine
http://www.coldwarrelics.com/brunswick_nas

Michigan Civil Defense Museum (online)
http://www.michigancivildefense.com/

Missile (web)Sites

Nike Historical Society
http://nikemissile.org/

List of Nike Missile Locations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nike_missile_locations

The Missiles of Los Angeles
http://www.laalmanac.com/history/hi08.htm

Other Resources

Cinema History from the Cold War
http://www.atomictheater.com/

Cold War Timeline
http://americanhistory.si.edu/subs/history/timeline/


The Cold War - In Civil Defense
http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent1/?file=cw_civildefense

Other books we've used to support our research:


McEnaney, Laura. Civil Defense Begins at Home: Militarization Meets Everyday Life in the Fifties. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2000.

Monteyne, David. Fallout Shelter: Designing for Civil Defense in the Cold War. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 2011.

Oakes, Guy. The Imaginary War.
Oden, Michael. "When the Movie's Over: The Post-Cold War Restructuring of Los Angeles". In Local Consequences of the Global Cold War. Ed. Jeffrey A. Engel. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 2007, p. 117-139.

Rose, Kenneth D. One Nation Underground: The Fallout Shelter in American Culture. New York: New York University Press. 2001.
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