Armageddon insurance : civil defense in the United States and Soviet Union, 1945-1991

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Title
"Armageddon insurance : civil defense in the United States and Soviet Union, 1945-1991"
Statement of Responsibility
Edward M. Geist
Publisher
  • The University of North Carolina Press
Publication Year
  • c2019
Book size
24 cm
Series Name / No
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-313) and index

Summary: "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 pioneering reappraisal of its American counterpart, Edward M. Geist compares how the two superpowers tried, and mostly failed, to reinforce their societies to withstand the ultimate catastrophe"-- Provided by publisher

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