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Armageddon Insurance

Civil Defense in the United States and Soviet Union, 1945–1991 (The New Cold War History)

Edward M. Geist

This book delves into the dangerous arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and asks a crucial question: how did they plan to survive a nuclear strike? Through previously unexamined archives, author Edward M. Geist provides a pioneering reassessment of American and Soviet civil defense programs and reveals the cultural preoccupations and blind spots which impacted their development. This work challenges historical assumptions and uncovers the power struggles between institutions pursuing their own self-interests which shaped nuclear weapons policies.
Publish Date
2019-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
2019-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.17
ISBN
9781469645254
Recommendations
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Recommendations
2021-03-02T13:11:15.000Z
@MaraWilson 1) Duck and Cover was not a useless as it looks to us today. For 1950 it was solid advice. 2) The Soviets also had a Civil Defense program. Nearly all nuclear nations did at some point. An excellent book on the Soviet and US Civil Defense programs is:      source