and the Soviet Union competed for supremacy in nuclear arms in a strategy that came to be known as Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD), each side developed and stockpiled a vast arsenal of nuclear bombs and the requisite means of launching them. The atomic explosions at Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 showed the world the horrors of nuclear warfare, and the development of hydrogen bombs in 1952 diminished the hope that a nuclear war could be limited or survivable.

and the Soviet Union fostered a profound anxiety in our nation during the 1950s. The political and military tension between the U.S. My base was Battlecreek, Michigan, under the Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA). As the threat of nuclear war with the Soviet Union grew, I was assigned to the Chicago area to develop medical care plans and programs for five states in the case of a national attack. The Cold War had intensified the conflict between the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, and Cuba's alliance with the Soviet Union made the possibility of an attack from Cuba seem much more likely. Public Health Service called me to active duty to help face a national crisis. These are the instructions that a shelter manager would follow in running a public shelter after a nuclear attack.I had been serving as Director of the San Juan Basin Health Unit in Durango, Colorado, for three years when, in early 1957, the U.S. The most interesting part of the report is Annex W, which covers shelter management. It's not known whether those portions of the report were ever prepared. There is a notation that these parts will be prepared after the plan is approved by the City Council. Many of the annexes for various parts of the plan are not included. It shows the city's plans in the event of a nuclear attack. Paul, Minnesota, Bureau of Civil Defense, in 1962. This 104 page document was prepared by the City of St.

Paul, 1962 Civil Defense Operational and Survival Plan of the City of St. Civil Defense Operational and Survival Plan of the City of St.

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