Civil Defense in the U.S.

Thomas J. Kerr is professor of political science at Central Washington University. He has served as a consultant to the Council on State Governments on state disaster preparedness legislation.

• Also of Interest -- Preface -- Introduction -- Civil Defense in Historical Perspective -- Civil Defense Programs in the Pre-Fallout Period -- Radioactive Fallout and a Reevaluation of Civil Defense -- The Development of the Civil Defense Shelter Policy -- Fadeout and Reemergence of Civil Defense: From Shelters to Crisis Relocation -- Bandaid for a Holocaust? The Critics of Civil Defense