Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-348) and index.
Contents:
Epilogue: From the Cold War to the war in Iraq. Hippie Day at the Reagan Library -- The Victims of Communism Museum : a study in failure -- Getting started : the Churchill Memorial in Missouri -- Searching for the pumpkin patch : the Whittaker Chambers National Historic Landmark -- Naming names, from Laramie to Beverly Hills -- Secrets on display : the CIA Museum and the NSA Museum -- Cold war cleanup : the Hanford tour -- Test site tourism in Nevada -- Memorial Day in Lakewood and La Jolla : Korean War monuments of California -- Code name "Ethel" : the Rosenbergs in the museums -- Mound builders of Missouri : nuclear waste at Weldon Springs -- Cold War Elvis : Sgt. Presley at the General George Patton Museum -- The Graceland of Cold War tourism : the Greenbrier Bunker -- Ike's Emmy : monuments to the military-industrial complex -- The fallout shelters of North Dakota -- "It had to do with Cuba and missiles" : thirteen days in October -- The museum of the missile gap : Arizona's Titan Missile Museum -- The museum of d�etente : the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda -- Rocky Flats : uncovering the secrets -- CNN's Cold War : equal time for the Russians -- Harry Truman's amazing museum -- Conclusion: History, memory, and the Cold War -- Epilogue: From the Cold War to the war in Iraq.
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