Behavioral science and civil defense,

Contents: Public support of civil emergency; Effects of nuclear weapons; Status of plans and operations for civil defense; A pure theory of death: dilemmas of defense policy in a world of conditional viability; Public apathy toward civil defense: a case of anxiety; Some psychiatric aspects of civil...

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Corporate Author:	National Research Council (U.S.). Disaster Research Group
Other Authors:	Baker, George W.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, 1962.
Series:	Disaster study ; no. 16. Publication (National Research Council (U.S.)) ; 997.
Subjects:	Civil defense > United States. Human behavior. Civil defense. Social psychology. Behavior Civil Defense Psychology, Social Comportement humain. Protection civile. Psychologie sociale. human behavior. social psychology. Symposia. Group dynamics. Nuclear warfare. Disasters. Decision making. Shelters. Biological warfare. Sociology. Public opinion. Confinement(psychology) United States. Civil Defense. Psychology.

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Summary:	Contents: Public support of civil emergency; Effects of nuclear weapons; Status of plans and operations for civil defense; A pure theory of death: dilemmas of defense policy in a world of conditional viability; Public apathy toward civil defense: a case of anxiety; Some psychiatric aspects of civil defense; Society as a tension-management system; Social sciences research program: review and prospect; and Toward systemic analysis of disaster, disruption, stress and recovery-suggested areas of investigation.
Item Description:	National Research Council. Publication 997.
Physical Description:	x, 169 pages illustrations.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-169).
Access:	APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE.