A fascinating, kaleidoscopic portrait of the atomic era, from Los Alamos to Iran ... and everywhere in between.

Prologue: how to be an Armageddon tourist -- Priscilla, Queen of the desert: a visit to the Nevada test site -- When knowledge is an endangered thing: travels through New Mexico's nuclear landscape -- Wicked things: exploring the future of nuclear weapons at Sandia and Livermore -- Home brew: uncovering the secrets of uranium production in Tennessee -- Where's the big board? : searching for strategery in Nebraska -- A cow runs through it: visiting missile silos in the Great Plains -- How we learned to stop worrying about the bomb in Pennsylvania: the rebirth of Site R, the government's secret nuclear bunker -- Rocket City, USA: Huntsville's space odyssey -- Fantasy island: vacationing in the Marshall Islands -- Take me to your one-eyed baby: promoting nuclear tourism in Kazakhstan -- Barbarians at the gate: in search of Russia's secret nuclear cities -- Got nukes? : nuclear junketeering in Iran -- Epilogue: next year in North Korea.