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Autor:
Edward M. Geist
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 historica
Autor:
Michael G. Smith
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The American Historical Review. 125:1392-1393
Autor:
Smith, Michael G.1 (AUTHOR) mgsmith@purdue.edu
Publikováno v:
American Historical Review. Oct2020, Vol. 125 Issue 4, p1392-1393. 2p.
Autor:
Edward M. Geist
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
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https://doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469645254.001.0001
Autor:
Pfeiffer, Martin
Publikováno v:
Nonproliferation Review; Nov/Dec2019, Vol. 26 Issue 5/6, p639-643, 5p
Autor:
Edward M. Geist
Publikováno v:
Armageddon Insurance
This chapter tracks the development of U.S. and Soviet civil defense from the beginning of the 1960s until the mid-1970s. The 1961 Berlin Crisis compelled both superpowers to reinvigorate their civil defense programs. Soviet civil defense was transfe
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https://doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469645254.003.0005
Autor:
Edward M. Geist
Publikováno v:
Armageddon Insurance
This introduction describes the scope of the book and its methodological approach. It defines key concepts such as “civil defense,” “garrison state,” and “agitation” that are employed in the subsequent chapters. It also provides an outlin
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https://doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469645254.003.0001
Autor:
Edward M. Geist
This chapter examines the development of civil defense in the United States and Soviet Union up until the early 1950s. The predecessors of civil defense first appeared during the 19th century, but it only fully blossomed with the introduction of stra
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https://doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469645254.003.0002
Autor:
Edward M. Geist
Publikováno v:
Armageddon Insurance
This chapter describes the evolution of the superpowers’ civil defense programs from the mid-1970s until the end of the Cold War. In the mid-1970s, the contrast between the USSR’s extensive civil defense effort and its moribund U.S. counterpart l
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Autor:
Edward M. Geist
Publikováno v:
Armageddon Insurance
This conclusion describes some general findings about the historical evolution of civil defense in the two superpowers over the course of the Cold War. Neither U.S. nor Soviet officials regarded their civil defense efforts as successful, but the shor
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