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Bracing for Armageddon : why civil defense never worked /

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This text presents a survey of the US government's civil defense plans from World War II. It argues that the purpose of federal civil defense was to legitimize deterrence policy and the arms race through false assurances to the masses that they could survive nuclear war.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Garrison, Dee
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:	Civil defense > United States. Nuclear warfare. United States > Military policy. Guerre nucléaire. nuclear wars. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement. Civil defense Military policy Nuclear warfare United States Electronic books.
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