Abandoned Cold War Places

The bunkers, submarine bases, missile silos, airfields and listening posts from the world's most secretive conflict

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Pub Date Nov 01 2019 | Archive Date Dec 24 2019

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Following the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, an uneasy standoff developed between the US-led NATO Allies and a Soviet Union-dominated Eastern Bloc. For the next four decades the two sides prepared for a conflict that thankfully never happened. This ‘Cold War’ came to an end following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, but decades later traces of these mighty war machines still remain around the world. Abandoned Cold War Places explores many of these relics, including such remarkable sites as the Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona, an immense aircraft scrapyard housing more than 4000 USAF aircraft; the vast, remote former nuclear test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan; disused concrete pagodas on the east coast of England, once an Atomic Weapons Research Establishment test site; wrecked Foxtrot-class submarines, icebound in Vladivostok in Russia’s far east; the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California, a place contaminated by nuclear accidents; and old Soviet fighter aircraft left for scrap in the wastes of Siberia. With 170 outstanding photographs, Abandoned Cold War Places is a fascinating pictorial examination of the remnants of a global superpower rivalry that defined the world for over 40 years.

Following the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, an uneasy standoff developed between the US-led NATO Allies and a Soviet Union-dominated Eastern Bloc. For the next four decades the two sides prepared...


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ISBN 9781782749172
PRICE £19.99 (GBP)
PAGES 224

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Featured Reviews

As a child of the Cold War I loved this book.

Robert Grenville gives us a photographic journey of the bases, structures, and obsolete material left behind as the Cold War ended. They range from abandoned subs in the Murmansk Oblast to empty Minuteman silos in the Dakotas to armored personnel carriers in Afghanistan.

In one sense, the obsolete and abandoned bases from around the world are a testimony to the waste of money and effort caused by fear. Fear of communism, fear of invasion, fear of "others", and fear of losing control.

I highly recommend this book.

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Abandoned Cold War Places is a fascinating pictorial examination of the remnants of a global superpower rivalry that defined the world for over 40 years.

I love the thought of sneaking into places, and the fact the author does it for me, makes me feel so much better about myself. Including short descriptions of each picture, this book takes on an exploration throughout the world in search of cold war history. From the bunkers of Sweden to the weapons of Aghanistan, this book snapshots the destruction and the preparation for it spectacularly.

The photography is excellent, protraying these places in a way that seems vulnerable - these are the places they hoped to protect people in and that essence shines in this book. The perspectives on show allow for a real exploration of the places and a snapshot in history of what could have been - particularly places which are close to where I live, mentions of places like Neatishead for example were intriguing to me as a local.

A great book if you are a curious person when it comes to history, I found this book a simple insight into something that cross sectioned two of my interests, history and places just left to the elements that you just want to explore for yourself, give it a look soon! (I just wish there was a bit more depth writing wise).

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