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Stages of emergency : Cold War nuclear civil defense / Tracy C. Davis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Tracy C., 1960-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil defense--United States--History--20th century.
- Civil defense.
- Civil defense--Canada--History--20th century.
- Civil defense--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Nuclear warfare.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (457 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Cultural history of the nuclear civil defense excercises in the US, Canada, and the UK, which emphasizes the performative aspect of the staged drills and evacuations.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-427) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613023100
- 9781283023108
- 1283023105
- 9780822389637
- 0822389630
- OCLC:
- 226068308
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