Armageddon insurance : civil defense in the United States and Soviet Union, 1945-1991 /
Edward M. Geist.
Bok Engelsk 2019 Edward Geist
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| Omfang | xii, 323 pages : : illustrations, map ;
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| Opplysninger | "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"--
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| ISBN | 9781469645247 (cloth : alk. paper). - 9781469645254 (pbk : alk. paper)
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| ISBN(galt) | 9781469645261 (ebook)
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