Screen LibraryStages of emergency：Cold War nuclear civil defense
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| Published: |
Duke University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Durham, N.C. |
| Publication Dates: | c2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xvii, 439 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Publication Frequency: | Also issued online. |
| ISBN: |
9780822339595 (cloth : alk. paper) 0822339595 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780822339700 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0822339706 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | E158 |
| CLC: |
E158 E115 |
| Call Number: | E115/D264 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-427) and index. 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. |