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Stages of emergency : Cold War nuclear civil defense

Title
Stages of emergency : Cold War nuclear civil defense / Tracy C. Davis.
Author
Davis, Tracy C., 1960-
Publication
Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2007.

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xvi, 439 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-427) and index.
Contents
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.
Call Number
JFE 07-5225
ISBN
  • 9780822339595 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0822339595 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780822339700 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0822339706 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2006033808
OCLC
74648934
Author
Davis, Tracy C., 1960-
Title
Stages of emergency : Cold War nuclear civil defense / Tracy C. Davis.
Imprint
Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-427) and index.
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JFE 07-5225
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