Most nuclear war and fallout cautionary guides were designed to shock and scare. Yet there was also a kind of terrible beauty attached to the images that they provoked. The threat of total vaporization disturbed many a good night’s sleep. But not all of the scores of brochures designed to give the illusion that our lives are savable were tabloid style. Some, like Fallout Protection: What to Know and Do About Nuclear Attack, issued by the U.S. Department of Defense, had a soot