Civil Defense Begins at Home
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: August 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780691001388
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Civil defence; c 1945 to c 1960; Politics / Current Events; History; History: American; USA; Politics and government; Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement; United States - 20th Century; American History; American Language and Literature; History / United States / 20th Century; Political Science and International Relations; Government - State & Provincial; 1945-1989; Civil Defense; United States
First sentence: IN JANUARY 1951, the midwestern states had just survived a series of harsh winter storms, and the Federal Civil Defense Administration received official status as an independent agency.