Bunker: What It Takes to Survive the Apocalypse

This book presents a chilling look at “prepper” communities building bunkers against a possible apocalypse. 3.7 million Americans call themselves preppers, and millions more prep without knowing it. Author Bradley Garrett argues that prepping is a rational response to failing global, social, and political systems. With foreboding fueled by disease outbreaks, government dysfunctionality, eroding infrastructure, nuclear brinksmanship, and an accelerating climate crisis, people are hunkering down.

Garrett traveled across four continents to meet preppers constructing panic rooms, underground survival chambers, stockpiling supplies, and preparing for emergencies. His scenes are fascinating, amusing, crazy, chilling, showing that bunkers are everywhere: in malls, airports, gated communities, vehicles, and most importantly, in our minds.

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