{"product_id":"cryptic-concrete-isbn-9781119261032","title":"Cryptic Concrete","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCryptic Concrete \u003c\/i\u003eexplores bunkered sites in Cold War Germany in order to understand the inner workings of the Cold War state.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA scholarly work that suggests a reassessment of the history of geo- and bio-politics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAttempts to understand the material architecture that was designed to protect and take life in nuclear war\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eZooms in on two types of structures - the nuclear bunker and the atomic missile silo\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalyzes a broad range of sources through the lens of critical theory and argues for an appreciation of the two subterranean structures’ complementary nature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editor’s Preface vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Of Blood and Soil 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Lebensraum and Its Underside 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Return to the Soil 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Nuclear Living Space 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Spaces of Extermination 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Enter the Void 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Conclusion 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A serendipitous childhood discovery led the author on a personal and professional odyssey. Klinke immerses us in the zeitgeist of Cold War West Germany – a partitioned country created by post-war rivalries and foreign occupation. By investigating its subterranean qualities, he reveals a world far more complex and contradictory than accounts preoccupied with surface-level check-points and walls. Highly recommended.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKlaus Dodds, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Cryptic Concrete \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a fascinating and original exploration of how the distinctive German experiences of the Cold War and the aftermath of fascism can be read through their inscription in the architectural and landscape remains of atomic missile sites and nuclear bunkers. Ian Klinke reveals how the infrastructure of 20th century military destruction and survival informs the materiality of geopolitics in the present.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Woodward, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eIan Klinke\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University Oxford and a fellow of St John's College. His work covers German geopolitics, Cold War landscapes and the politics of European (dis)integration.      \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A serendipitous childhood discovery led the author on a personal and professional odyssey. Klinke immerses us in the zeitgeist of Cold War West Germany — a partitioned country created by post-war rivalries and foreign occupation. By investigating its subterranean qualities, he reveals a world far more complex and contradictory than accounts preoccupied with surface-level check-points and walls. Highly recommended.' \t\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eKlaus Dodds,\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eDepartment of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London\u003c\/em\u003e    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e '\u003cem\u003eCryptic Concrete\u003c\/em\u003e provides a fascinating and original exploration of how the distinctive German experiences of the Cold War and the aftermath of fascism can be read through their inscription in the architectural and landscape remains of atomic missile sites and nuclear bunkers. Ian Klinke reveals how the infrastructure of 20th century military destruction and survival informs the materiality of geopolitics in the present.' \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eRachel Woodward, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchool of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University\u003c\/em\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eCryptic Concrete\u003c\/em\u003e sets out to understand the inner workings of the Cold War state. In an attempt to grapple with the architecture, both material and ideological, that was designed to protect and take life in nuclear war, the book examines two complimentary types of structures — the nuclear bunker and the atomic missile silo. Ian Klinke, a noted expert on German geopolitics, makes the case that West German military strategists, engineers, civil defence planners and politicians were animated in the 1950s and 1960s by the idea that geopolitics had to be fought in three-dimensional space, specifically in subterranea. Analyzing a broad range of sources through the lens of critical theory, the author reveals the ways in which the Cold War state reproduced and inverted the Third Reich's spaces of survival and extermination. In this way, \u003cem\u003eCryptic Concrete\u003c\/em\u003e offers a vital reassessment of the history of geo- and bio-politics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989009613029,"sku":"NP9781119261032","price":98.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119261032.jpg?v=1761782418","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/cryptic-concrete-isbn-9781119261032","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}