Geist Edward M.
Geist Edward M. - Armageddon Insurance Civil Defense In The United States And Soviet Union 1945 1991 - Hardcover
Geist Edward M. - Armageddon Insurance Civil Defense In The United States And Soviet Union 1945 1991 - Hardcover
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Description: The dangerous decades - long arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War begged a fundamental question: how did these superpowers actually plan to survive a nuclear strike? In Armageddon Insurance the first historical account of Soviet civil defense and a pioneering reappraisal of its American counterpart Edward M. Geist compares how the two superpowers tried and mostly failed to reinforce their societies to withstand the ultimate catastrophe. Drawing on previously unexamined documents from archives in America Russia and Ukraine Geist places these civil defense programs in their political and cultural contexts demonstrating how each country's efforts reflected its cultural preoccupations and blind spots and revealing how American and Soviet civil defense related to profound issues of nuclear strategy and national values. This work challenges prevailing historical assumptions and unearths the ways Moscow and Washington developed nuclear weapons policies based not on rational strategic or technical considerations but in power struggles between different institutions pursuing their own narrow self - interests.
Title: Armageddon Insurance Civil Defense In The United States And Soviet Union 1945 1991
Author(s): Geist Edward M.
Publisher: The University Of North Carolina Press
Barcode: 9781469645247
Pages: 320 Pages, 7 Halftones, 3 Tables
Publication Date: 1/7/2019
Series: The New Cold War History
Category: International Relations
Description: The dangerous decades - long arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War begged a fundamental question: how did these superpowers actually plan to survive a nuclear strike? In Armageddon Insurance the first historical account of Soviet civil defense and a pioneering reappraisal of its American counterpart Edward M. Geist compares how the two superpowers tried and mostly failed to reinforce their societies to withstand the ultimate catastrophe. Drawing on previously unexamined documents from archives in America Russia and Ukraine Geist places these civil defense programs in their political and cultural contexts demonstrating how each country's efforts reflected its cultural preoccupations and blind spots and revealing how American and Soviet civil defense related to profound issues of nuclear strategy and national values. This work challenges prevailing historical assumptions and unearths the ways Moscow and Washington developed nuclear weapons policies based not on rational strategic or technical considerations but in power struggles between different institutions pursuing their own narrow self - interests.
Title: Armageddon Insurance Civil Defense In The United States And Soviet Union 1945 1991
Author(s): Geist Edward M.
Publisher: The University Of North Carolina Press
Barcode: 9781469645247
Pages: 320 Pages, 7 Halftones, 3 Tables
Publication Date: 1/7/2019
Series: The New Cold War History
Category: International Relations
