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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Geist, Edward (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Civil defense.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Guerre froide.
Protection civile > URSS > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Cold War.
Civil defense > Soviet Union > History > 20th century.
Civil defense > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
Soviet Union.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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