'Bunker: Building for the End Times' by Dr. Bradley Garrett
Some books are lucky enough to be published at just the right moment. 'Bunker: Building for the End Times' by Bradley Garrett, released near the start of the Covid-19 global pandemic, is just such a book.
Apocalypse Now?
At the height of the Cold War, US citizens were told to prepare for nuclear attack, ensuring they could first survive then rebuild. Though the threat faded, the general sense of dread remained, and many people continue to believe an extinction-level event is just around the corner. Some expect disease, some climate disaster, others an attack from abroad, but all 'preppers' stockpile and plan in order to survive the inevitable collapse of society and state. Somewhere to go and a way to get there are essential. In 'Bunker', Dr. Garrett explores both the prepper subculture and the modern-day bunkers that preppers hope to survive in. From the buried tubular descendents of Anderson Shelters, to converted 1960s government installations, repurposed military vehicles to luxury, inverted tower blocks, it seems everyone thinks they know how to survive the end of the world.
