Stages of Emergency: Cold War Nuclear Civil Defense

by Tracy C. Davis

In an era defined by the threat of nuclear annihilation, Western nations attempted to prepare civilian populations for atomic attack through staged drills, evacuations, and field exercises. In Stages of Emergency the distinguished performance historian Tracy C. Davis investigates the fundamentally theatrical nature of these Cold War civil defense exercises. Asking what it meant for civilians to be rehearsing nuclear war, she provides a comparative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822339706
• ISBN13: 9780822339700
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"