print email comment close Fast Attacks and Boomers: Submarines in the Cold War URL: http://americanhistory.si.edu/subs/ Description: Explores how "nuclear powered submarines played major roles in American policy and strategy from the 1950s to the 1990s, the years of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union." Tells how the "machines were built, operated and utilized, [and] what life was like for the sailors on board and their families back home." Also has history of submarines and a Cold War timeline. From the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Publisher: The National Museum of American History, smithsonian Institution Library of Congress Subject Headings: Cold War Nuclear submarines Submarines (Ships) -- United States LII Database Information: Record 8074 created by Tom McGibney on 07/06/2002 Last modification on 07/16/2002 Published: 07/06/2002   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/8074