Face to Face with the Bomb

"In Face to Face with the Bomb, photographer Paul Shambroom documents the components of America's nuclear arsenal, and through his series of striking images, which depict the devices and their day-to-day maintenance, he makes clear the magnitude of the nuclear reality we have created. Taken between 1992 and 2001 at military bases in the United States and the South Pacific, these photographs offer an unprecedented inside look at the missiles, warheads, bombers, submarines, and command centers that make up the far-flung nuclear infrastructure of the United States. Shambroom's full-color prints depict both historic, cold war-era weaponry shortly before it was moth-balled and new warhead designs and missile defense prototypes that may be deployed well into the twenty-first century." "Face to Face with the Bomb also features an introductory essay by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Richard Rhodes, who places Shambroom's photographs within the context of the arms race with the Soviet Union, and a prologue by Shambroom, in which he discusses his experiences visiting the country's top-secret nuclear installations. This volume provides a lasting document of one of the most uncertain, dangerous periods in human history."--BOOK JACKET.