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Raven Rock The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself--While the Rest of Us Die

Garrett M. Graff

The eye-opening true story of the government’s secret plans to survive and rebuild after a catastrophic attack on US soil—a narrative that spans from the dawn of the nuclear age to today. Every day in Washington, DC, the blue-and-gold 1st Helicopter Squadron, code-named “MUSSEL,” flies over the Pot...

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This book provided great detail regarding the secret plans the government developed to survive a potential nuclear holocaust.

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For more information on the subjects and themes discussed in the episode, see the book "Raven's Rock" by Garrett Graff. It goes into great detail about the secret plans our government made to ride out...

— Episode: The Cold War - Nuclear Fear | 3

Episode: The Cold War - Nuclear Fear | 3

This book provided great detail regarding the secret plans the government developed to survive a potential nuclear holocaust.

"

For more information on the subjects and themes discussed in the episode, see the book "Raven's Rock" by Garrett Graff. It goes into great detail about the secret plans our government made to ride out a nuclear holocaust.

And yet, as journalist Garen Graff describes in his new book, Raven Rock, the government built nearly 100 bunkers in an arc surrounding Washington, D.C. in the 1950s.

As Graff explained, under no circumstance would the presidency itself remain vacant.

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