CONELRAD has accumulated hundreds of Cold War-oriented books, magazines and pamphlets since we launched in 1999. We are also constantly collecting more. These titles run the gamut from serious history to sleaze-pulp paperbacks like Atomic Blonde. But it has been a busy decade for us and we are just now rummaging through our archives to post examples of this fascinating material.

In the coming months we will be adding reviews of many of these titles, so be sure to select one of the icons in the left-hand margin to add an RSS feed to your favorite browser or reader!

MR. CONFIDENTIAL: The Man, His Magazine & The Movieland Massacre That Changed Hollywood Forever

KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE: THE BARBARA PAYTON STORY

THE RELUCTANT COMMUNIST: My Desertion, Court-Martial, and Forty-Year Imprisonment in North Korea

LIBERALITY FOR ALL

IS THIS TOMORROW: AMERICA UNDER COMMUNISM!

COMMUNIST KISSES!

STRANGE ADVENTURES: The Atomic Knights

MASTER MECHANICS & WICKED WIZARDS

THE WORLDS OF HERMAN KAHN: The Intuitive Science of Thermonuclear War

WAR STARS: The Superweapon and the American Imagination

RED SCARED! The Commie Menace in Propaganda and Popular Culture

IN EVENT OF MOON DISASTER

REQUEST FOR REPORT ON LOYALITY DATA

TOP SECRET NSC MEETING MINUTES - 1955

FACT SHEET: NATIONAL FALLOUT SHELTER SIGN

ARTHUR GODFREY ON EMERGENCY PLANS

JFK CIVIL DEFENSE "FIRESIDE CHAT" DRAFT

ATOM BOMB DANCERS AD

ROENTGEN CALCULATOR

WILL OUR GRANDCHILDREN LIVE UNDER COMMUNISM? (Ad Flier)

ATOMIC HAM RADIO POSTCARD

ATOMIC VEGAS - ATOMIC LIQUORS YELLOW PAGES LISTING

NUCLEAR PLANT POSTCARDS

'ATOMIC CITY' POSTCARDS

YELLOW PAGES – PHILADELPHIA FALLOUT SHELTERS

MOUNT WEATHER COFFEE MUG

ATOMIC VEGAS - HORSESHOE CLUB POSTCARD

ATOMIC VEGAS - PIONEER CLUB POSTCARDS

DAN QUAYLE MUSEUM POSTCARD

ATOMIC BOMB GREETING CARD

CIVIL DEFENSE WALLET CARD

CIVIL DEFENSE BUILDING POSTCARD

AMERICAN CARD

BILL GEERHART'S TOP FIVE: 2004

HOW TO BREAK INTO THE MOVIES

ON THE ART OF THE CINEMA

THE FIELD GUIDE TO SPONSORED FILMS

KEEP WATCHING THE SKIES! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties

DEATH ON THE CHEAP: The Lost B Movies of Film Noir!

THE WOMAN ON PIER 13

THE PSYCHOTRONIC VIDEO GUIDE

THE PSYCHOTRONIC ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FILM

MENTAL HYGIENE: Classroom Films 1945-1970

NUCLEAR MOVIES

ATOMIC BOMB CINEMA

THE ATOMIC CAFE: The Book of the Film

APOCALYPSE MOVIES: End of the World Cinema

THE DAILY WORKER

PLAYBOY: The Beatnik Issue

AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE – JUNE 1950

EXPOSE FOR MEN

AMERICA: National Catholic Weekly Review

LIFE: August 10, 1959

LOOK: March 4, 1947 (“How to Spot a Communist”)

THE WOMAN with WOMAN’S DIGEST (“What You Should Tell Your Child About the A-Bomb”)

LIFE: September 3, 1945

LIFE: February 27, 1950

LOOK: August 3, 1948 (“Could the Reds Seize Detroit?”)

SCOUTING: September 1956

LIFE: January 12, 1962

LIFE: September 15, 1961

COLLIER'S: Preview of the War We Do Not Want

ESQUIRE: Doom and Passion Along Rt. 45

URANIUM: War, Energy and the Rock that Shaped the World

THIS IS ONLY A TEST

THE WIZARDS OF ARMAGEDDON

THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! Pageantry and Patriotism in Cold War America

ALL ABOUT RADIATION

THE DOOMSDAY SCENARIO

ONE MINUTE TO MIDNIGHT: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War

COUNTDOWN ZERO: GI Victims of U.S. Atomic Testing

ATOMIC BOMBING: How to Protect Yourself

THE DAY AFTER WORLD WAR III

REDS PROMOTE RACIAL WAR

FALLOUT PROTECTION: WHAT TO KNOW AND DO ABOUT NUCLEAR ATTACK

RED TIDE

RED SHADOWS

RED BETRAYAL OF YOUTH

GOOD CITIZEN: The Rights and Duties of an American

ALERT AMERICA!

SOVIET CIVIL DEFENSE BOOKLET

READY KIDS ACTIVITY BOOK

BEHIND THE LACE CURTAINS OF THE YWCA

PREPARING MAKES SENSE. GET READY NOW - DHS Booklet

FAMILY FALLOUT SHELTERS OF WOOD

COMMUNISM, HYPNOTISM AND THE BEATLES

HOW TO PLAY ATOMIC POKER ALIAS SCOTCH RUMMY

FACTS ABOUT FALLOUT

4 WHEELS TO SURVIVAL: Your Car and Civil Defense

CONELRAD BROCHURE - 1961

CONELRAD BROCHURE - 1957

CONELRAD BROCHURE - 1953

THE ATOMIC BOMB AND THE END OF THE WORLD

FALLOUT PROTECTION FOR... Homes with Basements

THE REBELLION OF RONALD REAGAN: A History of the End of the Cold War

VERY STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: The Short and Unhappy Marriage of Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew

RISE OF THE VULCANS: The History of Bush’s War Cabinet

THE DARK SIDE OF CAMELOT

NIXONLAND: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America

A GLORIOUS DISASTER: Barry Goldwater’s Presidential Campaign and the Origins of the Conservative Movement

HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL

THE BEAT GENERATION

THE DAY THEY H-BOMBED LOS ANGELES

DOOMSDAY EVE

THIRTY SECONDS OVER NEW YORK

SHADOW ON THE HEARTH

ATOMIC BLONDE

CAPER AT CANAVERAL

BOMBS IN ORBIT

THE MURDER OF THE USA

THE OFFICIAL FAN’S GUIDE TO THE FUGITIVE

THE COLD WAR ENCYCLOPEDIA

NUCLEAR HOLOCAUSTS: Atomic War in Fiction, 1895-1984

I LED 3 LIVES: The True Story of Herbert A. Philbrick's Television Program

THE DOMESDAY DICTIONARY

WILL RUSSIA INVADE AMERICA?

PRAYERS FOR THE ASSASSIN

PURGATORY OF THE CONQUERED

AMERIKA: THE TRIUMPH OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT

RED RAPE