Nuclear Freeze in a Cold War: The Reagan Administration, Cultural Activism, and the End of the Arms Race

by William M Knoblauch and William M. Knoblauch

The early 1980s were a tense time. The nuclear arms race was escalating, Reagan administration officials bragged about winning a nuclear war, and superpower diplomatic relations were at a new low. Nuclear war was a real possibility and antinuclear activism surged. By 1982 the Nuclear Freeze campaign had become the largest peace movement in American history. In support, celebrities, authors, publishers, and filmmakers saturated popular culture with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625342756
• ISBN13: 9781625342751
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher