This book is included in the Anti-Terror, Terrorism & Terrorists section.
Department of Defense
Office of Civil Defense
Concerning This Booklet
One of the first tasks assigned to me by the President, after I
assumed responsibility for the Federal Civil Defense Program
last August, 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. This booklet
attempts to provide the facts.
The factual information in this booklet has been verified by
independent scientific authority, and represents the best consensus
of the scientific community that we can establish.
The booklet also describes the national civil defense program.
This program necessarily rests on judgments about what are
prudent precautions in the light of our knowledge of what
might happen and our evaluation of scientific facts. Judgments
may differ. It is my considered judgment that this is a reasonable
and prudent program—and that it is the best program we
can have, measured against the other priorities of our national
life.
Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense
Contents
What you should know and what you should do -
How to survive attack and live for your country's recovery
Words to know
Some basic facts
Effects of a 5-megaton burst
Danger of fire storms
Exposure to radiation
Radiation Sickness not contagious
Long term effects of radiation
Radiation in the air
How early fallout looks
Special clothing offers little
protection
Little hope in special medicines
Evacuation vs. shelter
Probable reaction to disaster
A nuclear explosion -
First, the blast
Next, fallout starts descending
Group action - community shelters
A model public shelter and community
center
Built-in shelter in new structures
A city building provides fallout
protection
Individual action - family shelters
Last minute improvised measures
A plan but no time
Time but no plan
Shelter supplies
Emergency Housekeeping
Water
Radiation meters
Food
Ventilation
Radiation sickness
First Aid
Sanitation
Control of vermin
First steps toward recovery -
Using community resources
Getting rid of fallout
On a farm
Organizing for Civil Defense
Responsibilities
National shelter survey
Proposed shelter incentive program
Other federal programs
More information is available
Resources
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