On the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, this
fascinating visual history explores the relics abandoned when the Cold
War ended.
The Cold War was a battle of nerves as East and West amassed
ever-greater armaments and engaged in ostentatious shows of strength,
stealth, and espionage. Then, 30 years ago, the Berlin Wall fell and the
"Iron Curtain" lifted. Featuring 150 striking color photographs,
Abandoned Cold War Places looks at the now-unused sites where weapons
were stored and strategy developed. It travels from the Soviet Union's
largest submarine bases to Britain's nuclear bunkers, from radar
stations in San Francisco Bay to Arizona's aircraft graveyards, and from
listening posts in West Germany to cosmodromes in Kazakhstan, capturing
the full span of the struggle, from open conflict to guerilla wars.