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Civil Defense Reports and Studies

These links feature primarily reports and analyses related to civil defense published from the 1950s thru 1980s. They may still today be of special interest to practitioners and historians alike. Try clicking on any of the links below and browse the list of results.

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  • ANNUAL REPORTS (ALL) - Browse Online Titles
  • BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (ALL) - Browse Online Titles
  • BLAST EFFECTS (ALL) - Browse Online Titles
  • CRISIS RELOCATION (ALL) - Browse Online Titles
  • DECONTAMINATION (ALL) - Browse Online Titles
  • DISASTER PLANNING (ALL) - Browse Online Titles
  • DISASTER SCENARIOS (ALL) - Browse Online Titles
  • EVACUATION (ALL) - Browse Online Titles
  • FALLOUT (ALL) - Browse Online Titles
  • FIRE SPREAD AND CONFLAGRATIONS (ALL) - Browse Online Titles
  • NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS (ALL) - Browse Online Titles
  • MONITORS (ALL) - Browse Online Titles
  • NATIONAL EMERGENCY ALARM REPEATER SYSTEM (ALL) - Browse Online Titles
  • NUCLEAR WARFARE (ALL) - Browse Online Titles
  • RADIATION (ALL) - Browse Online Titles
  • RADIATION EFFECTS (ALL) - Browse Online Titles
  • RADIATION SHIELDING (ALL) - Browse Online Titles
  • RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION (ALL) - Browse Online Titles
  • RECOVERY (ALL) - Browse Online Titles
  • SHELTERS (ALL) - Browse Online Titles
  • WARNING SYSTEMS (ALL) - Browse Online Titles
  • WATER SUPPLIES (ALL) - Browse Online Titles
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Related Documents - (1944 - 1982)

What the planner needs to know about:

The debris environment
Blast and shock
Electromagnetic pulse
Fallout
Fire ignition and spread
Initial nuclear radiation
Nuclear emergency operations
Post-shelter environment
The shelter environment

Online magazine articles

Atomic Air Wardens First Workout
Biological Warfare Threat
Communicable diseases and epidemics
Civil Defense and public apathy
Civil Defense - fix it or forget it
Civil Defense Urban Analysis
Emergency Hot Squad
Facts about fallout shelters
Family Fallout Shelter
History of Civil Defense in the United States
Interim Guide for the Design of Buildings Exposed to Atomic Blast
Local fallout radioactivity
Mass Evacuation
Planning an effective civilian defense
Shelter or evacuation
Shelter from Atomic Attack in Existing Buildings
That Carter Evacuation Plan
The Occasion Instant
What you should know, what you should do

Other websites

Civil Defense Booklets for the Public
Related Videos

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About Fallout 1963
Duck and Cover 1951
Operation Cue 1964
Survival under atomic attack

Page Last Updated: January 14, 2009

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