Stages of emergency: Cold War nuclear civil defense

Introduction -- Directing apocalypse -- Civil defense concepts and planning -- Rehearsals for nuclear war -- Act your part: the private citizen on the public stage -- The psychology of vulnerability -- Sheltering -- Get out of town! -- Communications -- Acting out injury -- Covert stages: the "...

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Main Author: Davis, Tracy C. 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham, N.C. Duke University Press c2007
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Summary:Introduction -- Directing apocalypse -- Civil defense concepts and planning -- Rehearsals for nuclear war -- Act your part: the private citizen on the public stage -- The psychology of vulnerability -- Sheltering -- Get out of town! -- Communications -- Acting out injury -- Covert stages: the "public sector" rehearses in private -- Crisis play -- International play -- Disaster welfare -- Continuity of government -- Computer play -- Afterword: dismantling civil defense -- Appendix: Cold War and civil defense time line
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-427) and index
Physical Description:xvii, 439 p ill 25 cm
ISBN:9780822389637
0822389630

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