Stages of Emergency: Cold War Nuclear Civil Defense

457 Pages·2007·3.93 MB·English

by  Tracy C. Davis

STAGES EMERGENCY
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S T A G E S E M E R G E N C Y
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COLD WAR NUCLEAR CIVIL DEFENSE
TRACY C. DAVIS
DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS DURHAM AND LONDON 2007
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
Abbreviations xiii
Introduction 1
PartI:DirectingApocalypse
1.CivilDefenseConceptsandPlanning 9
2.RehearsalsforNuclearWar 58
PartII:ActYourPart:ThePrivateCitizenonthePublicStage
3.ThePsychologyof Vulnerability 105
4.Sheltering 127
5.GetOutofTown! 158
6.Communications 181
7.ActingOutInjury 198
PartIII:CovertStages:The‘‘PublicSector’’RehearsesinPrivate
8.CrisisPlay 223
9.InternationalPlay 247
10.DisasterWelfare 261
11.ContinuityofGovernment 287
12.ComputerPlay 312
Afterword:DismantlingCivilDefense 331
Appendix:ColdWarandCivilDefenseTimeLine 339
Notes 351
WorksCited 401
Index 429

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The intellectual and gustatory debts that accrue in researching
aninternationalstudysuchasthisaredaunting.Istartwithmy
latecolleagueDwightConquergood,wholistened,wasintrigued,
andencouragedthisworkfromitsinception;BeverlyWright,who
askedzingerquestionsatcrucialmoments;andexceptionalcol-
leagues—PeterGlazer,BazKershaw,andTomPostlewait—who
tookagreatdealtimefromtheirownworkinordertosubstan-
tially improve mine. Richard Schechnerand Paul Boyerare also
singled out for particular thanks. Special thanks also to Stefka
Mihaylova,SheilaMoeschen,andNatalieHanemannwhohelped
preparethefinalmanuscript.ManyNorthwesterncolleagues,stu-
dents,andconnectionsputinformationinmyhandsorsmoothed
the road in myriad ways, including Kamran Afary, Henry Bin-
ford, Steve Caruso, Beth E. Clausen, Paul Edwards, Gary Fine,
CindyGold,MarvaGolden,VirgilJohnson,JacobJuntunen,Liz
Luby, Bill McHugh, Russell Maylone, Sara Monoson, Barbara
O’Keefe, Patrick Quinn, Celeste Pietrusza, Sally Roberts, Jim
Schwoch, Daniel Smith Jr., Claire Stewart, Harvey Young, and
DanZellner.Colleaguesnearandfarhavecontributedinstrumen-
tally,includingAaronAnderson,ScottBennett,CarolBurbank,
GayGibsonCima,MaryCroarken,JimDavis,LesleyDelmenico,
JodyEnders,JohnEmigh,PennyFarfan,DennisKennedy,David
Krasner,RicKnowles,DavidKrugler,MichaelMcKinnie,Rose-
maryMariner,LisaMerrill,KurtPiehler,LionelPilkington,Della
Pollock, Joseph Roach, Laurence Senelick, RoseWhyman, and
Jutta Wildes. I am also grateful to some of their students who