- Fallout Protection
"Fallout Protection: What To Know And Do About Nuclear Attack", was an official
United States federal government booklet released in December 1961 by theUnited States Department of Defense and The Office of Civil Defense.The first page of the book is a note fromU.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara explaining that the booklet is the result of the first task he was given when he assumed responsibility for the Federal Civil Defense Program in August 1961. The task, assigned by PresidentJohn F. Kennedy , was to "...give the American people the facts they need to know about the dangers of a thermonuclear attack and what they can do to protect themselves."ubject matter
Much more straightforward about the dangers of atomic weapons than "
Survival Under Atomic Attack ", and published in the era of thehydrogen bomb and theICBM , the book first explains general information and hazards ofnuclear weapons , fallout, andradiation . Second, it covers communityfallout shelters , improvised fallout shelters, and supplies that one ought to have ready in case of anuclear attack . There is a brief section outlining "emergency housekeeping" which basically covers water and food conservation and first aid for the time spent in the shelter. Last, the booklet mentions recovery and how to clean up the fallout.ee also
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Fallout shelter
*Nuclear fallout
*"Protect and Survive "
*"Survival Under Atomic Attack "
*United States Civil Defense
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* [http://www.sew-lexicon.com/Fallout%20Protection%20Book/TOC_for_H-6.htm Fallout Protection in PDF.]
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