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STAGES EMERGENCY OF S T A G E S E M E R G E N C Y O F COLD WAR NUCLEAR CIVIL DEFENSE TRACY C. DAVIS DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS DURHAM AND LONDON 2007 ©2007DukeUniversityPress Allrightsreserved PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaonacid-freepaper(cid:5) DesignedbyHeatherHensley TypesetinAdobeGaramondbyTsengInformationSystems LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataappear onthelastprintedpageofthisbook. to max allthewhitespaceonthesepagesismythanks forthis,andsomuchelse 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

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In an era defined by the threat of nuclear annihilation, Western nations attempted to prepare civilian populations for atomic attack through staged drills, evacuations, and field exercises. In Stages of Emergency the distinguished performance historian Tracy C. Davis investigates the fundamentally t
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