The Government of Emergency : Vital Systems, Expertise, and the Politics of Security /

"In the middle decades of the twentieth century, in the wake of economic depression, war, and in the midst of the Cold War, an array of technical experts and government officials developed a substantial body of expertise to contain and manage the disruptions to American society caused by unprec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Collier, Stephen J. (Autor), Lakoff, Andrew, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Emergency management.
Disaster relief.
Disaster relief > United States > History > 20th century.
Emergency management > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of illustrations
  • Preface : a vulnerable world
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction : the new normalcy
  • Part I. crisis government in the great depression and world war II
  • Vital systems
  • Emergency government
  • Part II. demobilization and remobilization
  • Vulnerability
  • Preparedness
  • Part III. cold war planning for national survival
  • Enacting catastrophe
  • Survival resources
  • Epilogue : from nuclear war to climate change.

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