Atomic Tunes: The Cold War in American and British Popular Music

by Tim Smolko and Joanna Smolko

Book Overview

What is the soundtrack for a nuclear war?

During the Cold War, over 500 songs were written about nuclear weapons, fear of the Soviet Union, civil defense, bomb shelters, McCarthyism, uranium mining, the space race, espionage, the Berlin Wall, and glasnost. This music uncovers aspects of these world-changing events that documentaries and history books cannot. In Atomic Tunes, Tim and Joanna Smolko explore everything...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253056160
• ISBN13: 9780253056160
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"