Survival And The Bomb

Author : Eric G. Swedin
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610602662

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Survive the Bomb by Eric G. Swedin Pdf

An examination of the American government’s Cold War national defense measures and public communications regarding protection from nuclear disaster. The launch of Russia’s Sputnik satellite in 1957 began an era where American citizens were haunted by fears of annihilation. Baby Boomers will remember Bert the Turtle, who instructed them how to “duck and cover.” Survive the Bomb documents other U.S. government efforts to calm the collective psyche with nuclear survival handouts. These cheerful and naïve representations unintentionally inspired countless schoolchildren to question authority at an early age. This strange era reached its peak in 1962 with the Cuban Missile Crisis, lasting at least until the fall of the Berlin Wall. The nightmare still lingers today with the terrorist threat of dirty bombs and efforts by countries like Iran and North Korea to build their own nuclear arsenals. In addition to Civil Defense brochures and pamphlets from the period, Survive the Bomb includes: · Aftermath descriptions and casualty estimates at various distances from a nuclear blast · Civil Defense reports and recommendations to the United States Congress and President · Declassified nuclear wargame scenarios where the Department of Defense imagined the unimaginable · An introduction and commentaries by Cold War historian Eric G. Swedin

Author : McGeorge Bundy
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39076000892708

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Danger and Survival by McGeorge Bundy Pdf

Bundy, a former special assistant for national security under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, explores the history of the nuclear bomb.

Author : Kara Hoppe,Stan Tatkin
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781684037339

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Baby Bomb by Kara Hoppe,Stan Tatkin Pdf

Before you succeed at parenting, you need to succeed as a couple! Baby Bomb is the resource you need when a new baby turns your life—and your romantic relationship—upside down. A baby is a blessing—and also a completely life-altering event. If you’re like many new parents, nothing could have fully prepared you for the exhaustion of late-night feedings, the explosive diapers, the evaporation of your free time, the pure joy, and the moments of pure terror. In the midst of these hazy, early months, it’s normal to feel overwhelmed. And when you’re overwhelmed, it’s easy to put your romantic relationship on the back burner. But, more and more, research shows that in order to be the best parents you can be, you and your partner need to make sure that your needs—as a couple—are also met. Written by a psychologist and relationship expert, Baby Bomb offers powerful tools based in psychology and neurobiology to help you and your partner co-parent and co-partner as a solid and supportive team—while also cultivating mad love for each other! You’ll find more than just “tips” for better parenting and partnering; you’ll discover how a secure-functioning relationship is essential for raising happy, healthy kids. This isn’t a book with advice about how to have a romantic candlelit dinner while your baby is screaming in the other room. It’s a road map for getting on the same page about your expectations as parents, about your needs as humans, and about how to maintain a strong and lasting relationship in the face of, well, a baby bomb.

Author : Ankit Panda
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190060367

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Kim Jong Un and the Bomb by Ankit Panda Pdf

In September 2017, North Korea shocked the world by exploding the most powerful nuclear device tested anywhere in 25 years. Months earlier, it had conducted the first test flight of a missile capable of ranging much of the United States. By the end of that year, Kim Jong Un, the reclusive state's ruler, declared that his nuclear deterrent was complete. Today, North Korea's nuclear weapons stockpile and ballistic missile arsenal continues to grow, presenting one of the most serious challenges to international security to date. Internal regime propaganda has called North Korea's nuclear forces the country's "treasured sword," underscoring the cherished place of these weapons in national strategy. Fiercely committed to self-reliance, Kim remains determined to avoid unilateral disarmament. Kim Jong Un and the Bomb tells the story of how North Korea-once derided in the 1970s as a "fourth-rate pipsqueak" of a country by President Richard Nixon-came to credibly threaten the American homeland by November 2017. Ankit Panda explores the contours of North Korea's nuclear capabilities, the developmental history of its weapons programs, and the prospects for disarming or constraining Kim's arsenal. With no signs that North Korea's total disarmament is imminent over the next years or even decade, Panda explores the consequences of a nuclear-armed North Korea for the United States, South Korea, and the world.

Author : Eric G. Swedin
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780760340318

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Survive the Bomb by Eric G. Swedin Pdf

Attention, citizens and fellow travelers of the Cold War: Survive the Bomb is your family’s ultimate fallout shelter companion. Keep this book at the ready next to the emergency drinking water and vacuum-packed canned meats and vegetables for that moment when the saber-rattling between the world’s superpowers turns Atomic. Here are all the tips and information you’ll need to keep your family safe and secure:· A convenient set of Civil Defense carrying cards for your wallet or purse· Steps for the home handyman toward building a well-furnished fallout shelter· How to convert your home’s snack bar into a cozy secondary shelter· A checklist of items you’ll need close at hand while awaiting the “all-clear” message from local authorities· An Operation Survival! comic, including a crossword puzzle and quiz for the kids· Revealing studies, reports, and recommendations to the United States Congress and President· Wargame scenarios, aftermath descriptions, and casualty estimates at various distances from a nuclear blast· An introduction and commentaries by Cold War historian Eric G. Swedin Be alert and be prepared. Don’t let a little thing like an atomic particle spoil your day.

Author : Fred N. Severud,Anthony French Merrill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Atomic bomb
ISBN : UOM:39015031691259

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The Bomb, Survival, and You by Fred N. Severud,Anthony French Merrill Pdf

Author : John Hersey
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780593082362

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Hiroshima by John Hersey Pdf

Hiroshima is the story of six people—a clerk, a widowed seamstress, a physician, a Methodist minister, a young surgeon, and a German Catholic priest—who lived through the greatest single manmade disaster in history. In vivid and indelible prose, Pulitzer Prize–winner John Hersey traces the stories of these half-dozen individuals from 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, when Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city, through the hours and days that followed. Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told, and his account of what he discovered is now the eloquent and moving final chapter of Hiroshima.

Author : Steven J. Fishman
Publisher : Avon Books
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1990-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0380708981

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A Bomb in the Brain by Steven J. Fishman Pdf

Author : Eugene P. Wigner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Atomic bomb
ISBN : 0608118311

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Survival and the Bomb by Eugene P. Wigner Pdf

Author : Caren Barzelay Stelson
Publisher : Carolrhoda Books (R)
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781467789035

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Sachiko by Caren Barzelay Stelson Pdf

This striking work of narrative nonfiction tells the true story of six-year-old Sachiko Yasui's survival of the Nagasaki atomic bomb on August 9, 1945, and the heartbreaking and lifelong aftermath. Having conducted extensive interviews with Sachiko Yasui, Caren Stelson chronicles Sachiko's trauma and loss as well as her long journey to find peace. This book offers readers a remarkable new perspective on the final moments of World War II and their aftermath.

Author : United States. Federal Civil Defense Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Air raids
ISBN : SRLF:A0011040771

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Survival Under Atomic Attack by United States. Federal Civil Defense Administration Pdf

Author : Lamar Golding,Jack Burney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Civil defense
ISBN : WISC:89056991201

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Manual for Survival by Lamar Golding,Jack Burney Pdf

Author : David Krieger
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1719546827

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In the Shadow of the Bomb by David Krieger Pdf

The poems in this volume have been written in the shadow of the bomb. They are poems of survival. They challenge the hubris of those who would rely on nuclear arms for their security. They pose the questions: "How shall we react? How shall we resist? How shall we awaken before it is too late?" This book sounds a warning siren, but it is also a book of hope-hope that people everywhere will awaken to the nuclear dangers that confront us; hope that our shared humanity will prevail; hope that the children of the future will thrive; hope that the bomb and its shadow will be resisted and forever banished from our world; and hope that there will be a new era of love, kindness, compassion and peace.

Author : Andrew Paul Burtch
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774822404

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Give Me Shelter by Andrew Paul Burtch Pdf

What do you do when a nuclear weapon detonates nearby? During the early Cold War years of 1945-63, Civil Defence Canada and the Emergency Measures Organization planned for just such a disaster and encouraged citizens to prepare their families and their cities for nuclear war. By the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the civil defence program was widely mocked, and the public was vastly unprepared for nuclear war. Canada’s civil defence program was born in the early Cold War, when fears of conflict between the superpowers ran high. Give Me Shelter features previously unreleased documents detailing Canada’s nuclear survival plans. Andrew Burtch reveals how the organization publicly appealed to citizens to prepare for disaster themselves -- from volunteering as air-raid wardens to building fallout shelters. This tactic ultimately failed, however, due to a skeptical populace, chronic underfunding, and repeated bureaucratic fumbling. Give Me Shelter exposes the challenges of educating the public in the face of the looming threat of nuclear annihilation. Give Me Shelter explains how governments and the public prepared for the unexpected. It is essential reading for historians, policymakers, and anybody interested in Canada’s Cold War home front.

Author : Sumiteru Taniguchi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1578690404

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The Atomic Bomb on My Back: A Life Story of Survival and Activism by Sumiteru Taniguchi Pdf

The memoir of one of the most famous "survivors" of the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack.