This book is a provocative account of the ties between civil defence, national security, and public support for nuclear deterrence in the early Cold War. Oakes argues that while civil defence films and drills told Americans it was possible to survive a nuclear attack, the primary purpose of civil defence was to provide a moral foundation for nuclear deterrence.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 01 Sep 1994
ISBN 10: 0195090276
ISBN 13: 9780195090277