Armageddon insurance : civil defense in the United States and Soviet Union, 1945-1991 /

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"The dangerous, decades-long arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War begged a fundamental question: how did these superpowers actually plan to survive a nuclear strike? In Armageddon insurance, the first historical account of Soviet civil defense and a pione...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Geist, Edward (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Colección:New Cold War history.
Temas:
1900-1999
Civil defense > United States > History > 20th century.
Civil defense > Soviet Union > History > 20th century.
Cold War.
Protection civile > URSS > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre froide.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Civil defense
Soviet Union
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Propaganda, Mobilization, and Survival; 1. Inauspicious Beginnings; 2. The Window of Survivability; 3. The "Oh My God!" Phase; 4. The Real Mineshaft Gap; 5. Strategy for Survival; Conclusion: Insurance Forgone; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

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