Civil Defense, 1946–Present
Even before they fully understood the devastation wrought at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Americans began to imagine what nuclear attacks on their own cities would be lik...
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Civil Defense
As airplanes first began to appear in warfare in the early years of the twentieth century, war's destruction suddenly extended beyond the battlefields to towns and cities. Increas...
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Civil Defense
Office of Civilian Defense …36
Thomas A. Scott …46
Helena H. Smith and William Sloane …57
As war spread through Europe and Asia in 1940 and 1941, President Franklin ...
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Civil Defense, 1946-Present
Civil Defense