Civil Defense Begins at Home: Militarization Meets Everyday Life in the Fifties

(Part of the Politics and Society in Modern America Series)

by Laura McEnaney

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Dad built a bomb shelter in the backyard, Mom stocked the survival kit in the basement, and the kids practiced ducking under their desks at school. This was family life in the new era of the A-bomb. This was civil defense. In this provocative work of social and political history, Laura McEnaney takes us into the secretive world of defense planners and the homes of ordinary citizens to explore how postwar civil defense turned the front lawn into...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691001383

ISBN13:9780691001388

Release Date:August 2000

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:1.12 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"

Related Subjects

20th Century Criminal Law Government History Law Enforcement Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Public Affairs & Policy Social Sciences

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Civil Defense Begins at Home: Militarization Meets Everyday Life in the Fifties

(Part of the Politics and Society in Modern America Series)

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