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Bracing for Armageddon

Name: Bracing for Armageddon
Brand: Oxford University Press Inc
SKU: 9780195183191
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Why Civil Defense Never Worked

Autor: Dee Garrison

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Väzba: Pevná

Vydavateľ: Oxford University Press Inc

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This timely book is a concise survey of the U.S. government's civil defense plans from World War II...

Informácie o knihe

Autor

Dee Garrison

Jazyk

Angličtina

Väzba

Kniha - Pevná

Vydalo

2006

Stránok

256

EAN

9780195183191

ISBN

0195183193

Enbook ID

04516727

Vydavateľ

Oxford University Press Inc

Hmotnosť

554

Rozmery

241 x 166 x 17

Kompletný popis

This timely book is a concise survey of the U.S. government's civil defense plans from World War II to the present, including Cold War detonations, Reagan-era Star Wars, and contemporary issues of homeland security. Garrison argues that the true 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 and to hide the astronomical expenses of programs to protect the political elite. In examining the popular reaction to civil expense plans, she reveals how the public, recognizing the suicidal nature of nuclear war, ridiculed and rejected civil defense, crippling plans for its implementation.